2 Samuel 21:2

Listen to 2 Samuel 21:2
2 Y llamĂł el rey a los gabaonitas y les hablĂł. (Los gabaonitas no eran de los hijos de Israel, sino del remanente de los amorreos, y los hijos de Israel habĂ­an hecho un pacto con ellos, pero SaĂșl habĂ­a procurado matarlos en su celo por los hijos de Israel y de JudĂĄ.)

2 Samuel 21:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 21:2

And the king called the Gibeonites
Sent messengers unto them, and summoned them to come to him,

and said unto them;
what is expressed in ( 2 Samuel 21:3 ) ; for what follows is in a parenthesis:

(now the Gibeonites [were] not of the children of Israel;
originally, though they were proselyted to the Jewish religion, and were employed in the menial services of the sanctuary:

but of the remnant of the Amorites;
they were the remains of the old Canaanites, who sometimes in general were called Amorites, otherwise the Gibeonites were called Hivites; see ( Joshua 9:7 ) ( 11:19 ) ;

and the children of Israel had sworn unto them;
by their princes, as Joshua; yet,

and Saul, contrary to this oath, sought to slay them in his zeal to the
children of Israel and Judah);
pretending a great concern for them, for their honour and profit; that these men ought not to live in their cities, and take the bread out of their mouths, and be employed in the service of the sanctuary; but that they ought to be expelled, and even cut off, being the old inhabitants of the land, the Lord ordered to be destroyed; and that though the Israelites had given an oath to the contrary, they were drawn into it by guile and deceit, and therefore not binding upon them; hence he sought by all means to harass and oppress them, and slew many of them, and destroyed them out of their cities, that they might be possessed by Judah and Benjamin; see ( 2 Samuel 4:2 ) , compared with ( Joshua 9:17 ) .

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2 Samuel 21:2 In-Context

1 En los dĂ­as de David hubo hambre por tres años consecutivos, y David buscĂł la presencia del SEÑOR. Y el SEÑOR dijo: Es por causa de SaĂșl y de su casa sangrienta, porque Ă©l dio muerte a los gabaonitas.
2 Y llamĂł el rey a los gabaonitas y les hablĂł. (Los gabaonitas no eran de los hijos de Israel, sino del remanente de los amorreos, y los hijos de Israel habĂ­an hecho un pacto con ellos, pero SaĂșl habĂ­a procurado matarlos en su celo por los hijos de Israel y de JudĂĄ.)
3 Dijo, pues, David a los gabaonitas: ÂżQuĂ© debo hacer por vosotros? ÂżY cĂłmo harĂ© restituciĂłn para que bendigĂĄis la heredad del SEÑOR?
4 Los gabaonitas le respondieron: No nos importa la plata ni el oro de SaĂșl o de su casa, ni nos corresponde dar muerte a ningĂșn hombre en Israel. Y Ă©l dijo: HarĂ© por vosotros lo que digĂĄis.
5 Y ellos dijeron al rey: Del hombre que nos consumiĂł y que tratĂł de exterminarnos para que no quedĂĄramos dentro del territorio de Israel,
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