2Sa 21:2 | NASB1995 | STEP | 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 ).

2 Samuel 21:2

2 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 ^athe sons of Israel ^{▼▼ Lit had sworn to}made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought to ^{▼▼ Lit smite}kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah).