2 Samuel 21:2 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 21:2

At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)

BSB

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ASV

And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);

KJV

And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Against Jovinianus 2.33 (420)

The Gibeonites met the children of Israel, and although other nations were slaughtered, they were kept for hewers of wood and drawers of water. And of such value were they in God's eyes that the family of Saul was destroyed for the wrong done to them. Where would you put them? Among the goats? But they were not slain, and they were avenged by the determination of God. Among the sheep? But holy Scripture says they were not of the same merit as the Israelites.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The remnant of the Amorites - The Gibeonites were Hivites, not Amorites, as appears from Jos 11:19: but Amorites is a name often given to the Canaanites in general, Gen 15:16; Amo 2:9, and elsewhere.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְרָ֥א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he summoned	H7121 →
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
לַגִּבְעֹנִ֖ים	la.giv.'o.Nim	<to> the Gibeonites	H1393 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →
וְהַגִּבְעֹנִ֞ים	ve.ha.giv.'o.Nim	and the Gibeonites	H1393 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
מִבְּנֵ֧י	mi.be.Nei	[were] from [the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
הֵ֗מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
כִּ֚י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
מִיֶּ֣תֶר	mi.Ye.ter	from [the] remnant of	H3499 →
הָאֱמֹרִ֔י	ha.'e.mo.Ri	the Amorite[s]	H567 →
וּבְנֵ֤י	u.ve.Nei	and [the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
נִשְׁבְּע֣וּ	nish.be.'U	they had sworn an oath	H7650 →
לָהֶ֔ם	la.Hem	to <the> them
וַיְבַקֵּ֤שׁ	vay.va.Kesh	and he had sought	H1245 →
שָׁאוּל֙	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
לְהַכֹּתָ֔ם	le.ha.ko.Tam	to strike down them	H5221 →
בְּקַנֹּאת֥וֹ	be.ka.no.To	because was zealous he	H7065 →
לִבְנֵֽי־	liv.nei-	for [the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וִיהוּדָֽה׃	vi.hu.Dah	and Judah	H3063 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 15:16
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
leads to
- 1 Kings 21:26
  He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
- Daniel 8:23
  In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.
- Exodus 12:40
  Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.
- Matthew 23:32–35
  Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16
  hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
Through
Deuteronomy 7:16
You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
leads to
- Exodus 23:33
  They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
- Judges 8:27
  From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
- 1 Corinthians 15:33
  Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

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About 2 Samuel