At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.) Cross References Joshua 9:3 But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, Joshua 9:15 And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them. 2 Samuel 24:1 Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, "Go and take a census of Israel and Judah." Treasury of Scripture And the king called the Gibeonites, and said to them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) now the Joshua 9:3-21 Joshua 6:19 Genesis 15:16 in his zeal Deuteronomy 7:16 1 Samuel 14:44 1 Samuel 15:8,9 |