Gibeonites. Compare Joshua 9:3; Joshua 9:16; Joshua 9:17.
now. Note the Figure of speech Parenthesis.App-6.
were. they [were].
children. sons.
Gibeonites. Compare Joshua 9:3; Joshua 9:16; Joshua 9:17.
now. Note the Figure of speech Parenthesis.App-6.
were. they [were].
children. sons.
2 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.)