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therefore David said unto the Gibeonites: “What shall I do for you? And wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?”

And the Gibeonites said unto him, “We will have no silver nor gold of Saul nor of his house, neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel.” And he said, “What ye shall say, that will I do for you.”

And they answered the king, “The man who consumed us and who devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,

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David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How shall I make atonement so that you will bless the Lord’s inheritance?”(A)

The Gibeonites answered him, “We have no right to demand silver or gold from Saul or his family, nor do we have the right to put anyone in Israel to death.”(B)

“What do you want me to do for you?” David asked.

They answered the king, “As for the man who destroyed us and plotted against us so that we have been decimated and have no place anywhere in Israel,

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