2 Samuel 21:6

seven men A sacred number, for their execution was to be a solemn religious act of expiation.

we will hang them up They were to be impaled or crucified, as a public exhibition of the punishment inflicted. In all probability they were put to death first. The practice corresponds to that of hanging a criminal's body in chains on the scene of his crime, which was once common in England.

unto theLord] For the punishment was demanded by divine justice. Cp. Numbers 25:4.

in Gibeah The home of Saul was to be the scene of the punishment.

whom theLord did choose The exact title, the chosen of Jehovah, is nowhere else given to Saul, but is implied by 1 Samuel 10:24. That it should be thus used by his enemies is strange. Was it from a feeling that the fact of his divine election aggravated his guilt?