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,
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 Gibeonites are describing to King David how Saul had tried to completely eliminate their people from the land of Israel.
📚 Historical Context
In the time of King David, a severe famine afflicted Israel, which God revealed was due to Saul's earlier attempt to wipe out the Gibeonites, violating an ancient covenant made with them during Joshua's era. The Gibeonites, who had lived peacefully under that agreement, were now seeking justice from David to end the famine. In this verse, they directly accuse Saul of plotting to destroy them entirely from the borders of Israel.
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