And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
The Gibeonites said to him, 'We don't want any silver or gold from Saul or his family, and we don't want you to kill anyone else in Israel for our sake.' David replied, 'Whatever you ask for, I will do for you.'
The Gibeonites told David they didn't want money or revenge killings, and David promised to give them whatever they requested instead.
📚 Historical Context
In the time of King David, a severe famine afflicted Israel for three years, which was revealed to be God's judgment for Saul's earlier violation of a peace treaty with the Gibeonites. The Gibeonites were descendants of a group that had made a covenant with Joshua and the Israelites centuries before, promising not to harm them, but Saul had attempted to exterminate them out of zeal for Israel. David, seeking to resolve the famine, approached the Gibeonites to make amends and restore justice.
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