2 Samuel 21:2 Cross References - NSB

² The Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were left over from the Amorites. The Israelites swore to spare them. Saul, in his eagerness, tried to destroy them for Israel and Judah. The king called the Gibeonites.

¹⁶ »They shall come back here in the fourth generation. The iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.«

¹⁶ »Destroy all the peoples whom Jehovah your God gives you. Do not look at them with pity. Do not serve their gods. For that would be a snare to you.

³ When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, ⁴ They resorted to a ruse (scheme) (trick). They acted as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, worn out, torn, and mended. ⁵ They had worn out and patched shoes on their feet, they wore old garments; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy. ⁶ They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel: »We come from a distant country, make a treaty with us.« ⁷ The men of Israel said to the Hivites: »Perhaps you live near us. How can we make a treaty with you?« ⁸ They said: »We are your servants.« Joshua said to them: »Who are you? Where do you come from?« ⁹ They said: »From a very far country, your servants came because of the name of Jehovah your God, for we have heard about him and all he did in Egypt; ¹⁰ »and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. ¹¹ »Our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying: ‘Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them: »We are your servants. Therefore make a treaty with us.«’« ¹² »We took hot fresh bread for our provision out of our houses on the day we came to you. Now it is dry, and it is moldy: ¹³ »These bottles of wine, which we filled, were new and now they are cracked. Our garments and shoes have become old by reason of the very long journey.« ¹⁴ The men sampled their provisions but did not ask for counsel from Jehovah. ¹⁵ Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live. The leaders of the congregation ratified it by an oath. ¹⁶ At the end of three days after they had made a treaty with them, they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them. ¹⁷ The children of Israel journeyed to their cities on the third day. Their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. ¹⁸ The children of Israel did not kill them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by Jehovah God of Israel. The entire congregation murmured against the princes. ¹⁹ But all the leaders said to the entire congregation: »We have sworn to them by Jehovah the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. ²⁰ »This we will do to them. We will even let them live in case we become angry. This is because of the oath we swore to them.« ²¹ The leaders said to them: »Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water to the entire congregation as the leaders had promised them.

⁴⁴ Saul said: »May God strike me dead if you are not put to death!«

⁸ He captured King Agag of Amalek alive and with the sword he killed all the people. ⁹ Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and did not kill the best sheep and cattle, the best calves and lambs, or anything else that was good. They destroyed only what was useless or worthless.

¹⁶ He said: »Come with me and see how I am on fire with zeal for Jehovah’s cause.« So he made him go with him in his chariot.

³¹ But Jehu did not take care to keep the law of Jehovah with all his heart. He did not keep himself from the sin that Jeroboam did and made Israel do.

⁵⁴ When his disciples James and John saw this they said: »Lord, do you want us to request fire from heaven to consume them?« ⁵⁵ He turned and rebuked them.

² »They will throw you out of the synagogues. Yes, the hour comes that whoever kills you will think that he offered service to God.

² I testify that they have zeal for God, but not according to [precise and correct] knowledge.

¹⁷ They zealously (eagerly) seek you in no good way. They desire to shut you out, that you may seek them.