2 Samuel 21:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Gibeonites were not Israelites; they were descendants of the Amorites. The people of Israel had promised not to kill them, but Saul had tried to kill them because he wanted Israel and Judah to control all the land. David called the Gibeonites to him, and he talked with them.

Cross References

Genesis 15:16

Four generations later, your descendants will return here and take this land, because only then will the people who live here be so sinful that they deserve to be punished.

2 Samuel 24:1

The LORD was angry with Israel again, and he made David think it would be a good idea to count the people in Israel and Judah.

2 Kings 10:16

and said, “Come with me and see how faithful I am to the LORD.” They rode together in Jehu's chariot

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu did not completely obey the commands of the LORD God of Israel. Instead, he kept doing the sinful things that Jeroboam had caused the Israelites to do.

1 Chronicles 1:14

Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

John 16:2

You will be chased out of the Jewish meeting places. And the time will come when people will kill you and think they are doing God a favour.

Romans 10:2

I know they love God, but they don't understand

Galatians 4:17

Those people may be paying you a lot of attention, but it isn't for your good. They only want to keep you away from me, so you will pay them a lot of attention.

Deuteronomy 7:16

When the LORD helps you defeat your enemies, you must destroy them without pity! And don't get trapped into worshipping their gods.

1 Samuel 14:44

“Yes, Jonathan. I swear to God that you must die.”