Study it in the app“The king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel; they were rather of the remnant of the Amorite; and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, but Saul sought to strike them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah.)”
The kingהַמֶּלֶךְcalledוַיִּקְרָאthe Gibeonitesלַגִּבְעֹנִיםand spokeוַיֹּאמֶרto them.אֲלֵיהֶם(Now the Gibeonitesוְהַגִּבְעֹנִיםwere notלֹאof the sonsמִבְּנֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלtheyהֵמָּהwere ratherכִּי אִםof the remnantמִיֶּתֶרof the Amorite;הָאֱמֹרִיand the sonsוּבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhad swornנִשְׁבְּעוּto them,לָהֶםbut Saulוַ שָׁאוּלsoughtיְבַקֵּשׁto strike themלְהַכֹּתָםin his zealבְּקַנֹּאתוֹfor the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand Judah.)וִיהוּדָה
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appearsGibeonite
Gibeonite: an inhabitant of Gibeon, a city north of Jerusalem. The Gibeonites were not Israelites; they remained among Israel because of the oath Joshua made to them (Joshua 9).
Where else “givonim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsrest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yeter” appearsAmorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbu” appearsSaul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearstry to get
To try to get something.
Where else “yevakesh” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hakota” appearsbe zealous
To burn with zeal for something, as YHWH for his people.
Where else “kanot” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appears1There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of YHWH. YHWH said, “It is because of Saul and because of his house of blood, because he put to death the Gibeonites.”
2 · This verse (above)
3David said to the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? And with what shall I make expiation, so that you may bless the inheritance of YHWH?”
