2 Samuel 21:1-3

Lexham English Bible

The Famine Brings Justice

21 There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David inquired of Yahweh,^[a] and Yahweh said, “The bloodguilt is on Saul and on his household, because he killed the Gibeonites.” ² So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not from the Israelites;^[b] they were from the remainder of the Amorites. Now the Israelites^[c] had sworn to them,^[d] but Saul tried to wipe them out in his zeal for the Israelites^[e] and Judah. ³ So David asked the Gibeonites, “What can I do for you, and with what can I make amends that you may bless the inheritance of Yahweh?”