2 Samuel 21:3-5

International Standard Version

³ So David asked the Gibeonites, “What am I to do for you? How am I to make atonement so that you will bless the Lord’s heritage?”

⁴ “We’re not looking for mere silver or gold to be paid by Saul or his household to us,” the Gibeonites responded to him. “And it’s not for us to execute anyone in Israel.”

In reply, David^[a] asked, “So what are you asking me to do for you?”

⁵ They told the king, “The man who consumed us, who planned our destruction—intending to leave us with nothing in the territory of Israel—