2 Samuel 21:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto 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 unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah:)

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto 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 unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² So the king called the Gibeonites–now the Gibeonites were not Israelites but of the remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah had sought to slay the Gibeonites–

American Standard Version (1901)

² And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto 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 unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);

Common English Bible

² So the king called for the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites weren’t Israelites but were survivors of the Amorites. The Israelites had sworn a solemn pledge to spare them, but Saul tried to eliminate them in his enthusiasm for the people of Israel and Judah.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Therefore, the king, calling for the Gibeonites, spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but were the remnant of the Amorites. And the sons of Israel had sworn an oath to them, but Saul wished to strike them in zeal, as if on behalf of the sons of Israel and Judah.

2 Samuel 21:2 Cross References

Galatians 4:17

They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.

Romans 10:2

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.

2 Kings 10:16

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.

1 Samuel 14:44

And Saul said, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

Deuteronomy 7:16

And thou shalt consume all the peoples which the LORD thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

Genesis 15:16

And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

John 16:2

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

2 Samuel 24:1

And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.

1 Chronicles 1:14

and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite;