2 Samuel 21:2 
Context| NET © | So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to 1 them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.) |
| NIV © | The king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were survivors of the Amorites; the Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for Israel and Judah had tried to annihilate them.) |
| NASB © | So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah). |
| NLT © | So King David summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal, had tried to wipe them out. |
| MSG © | So the king called the Gibeonites together for consultation. (The Gibeonites were not part of Israel; they were what was left of the Amorites, and protected by a treaty with Israel. But Saul, a fanatic for the honor of Israel and Judah, tried to kill them off.) |
| BBE © | Then the king sent for the Gibeonites; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but were the last of the Amorites, to whom the children of Israel had given an oath; but Saul, in his passion for the children of Israel and Judah, had made an attempt on their lives:) |
| NRSV © | So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had tried to wipe them out in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.) |
| NKJV © | So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; the children of Israel had sworn protection to them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah. |
| KJV | And the king <04428> the Gibeonites <01393>_, unto them; (now the Gibeonites <01393> [were] not of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>_, but of the remnant <03499> of the Amorites <0567>_; and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> unto them: and Saul <07586> to the children <01121> of Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>.) |
| NASB © | So the king <04428> called <07121> the Gibeonites <01393> and spoke <0559> to them (now the Gibeonites <01393> were not of the sons <01121> of Israel <03478> but of the remnant <03499> of the Amorites <0567> , and the sons <01121> of Israel <03478> made <07650> a covenant <07650> with them, but Saul <07586> had sought <01245> to kill <05221> them in his zeal <07065> for the sons <01121> of Israel <03478> and Judah ).<03063> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | So the king <04428> summoned <07121> the Gibeonites <01393> and spoke <0559> with them <0413> . (Now the Gibeonites <01393> were not <03808> descendants <01121> of Israel <03478> ; they <01992> were a remnant of <03499> the Amorites <0567> . The Israelites <03478> had <03588> made a promise <07650> to them <01992> , but <01245> Saul <07586> tried <01245> to kill <05221> them because of his zeal <07065> for the people of Israel <03478> and Judah .)<03063> |
| NET © | So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to 1 them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.) |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “swore an oath to.” |
