KJV ORIGINAL
And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
They answered the king, 'The man who tried to destroy us and planned to wipe us out so that we wouldn't exist anywhere in Israel,'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The Gibeonites are describing to King David how Saul had tried to completely eliminate their people from the land of Israel.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of a conversation between King David and the Gibeonites, a people group that had made a peace treaty with Israel during Joshua's time. King Saul had broken this ancient treaty and attempted to exterminate the Gibeonites, which brought God's judgment on Israel in the form of a three-year famine during David's reign.
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