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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); and David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah? And the Gibeonites said unto him, It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; [a]neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.

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  1. 2 Samuel 21:4 Or, neither for us shalt thou put any man to death in Israel