³ The king asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?”

Ziba answered the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan;^(A) he is lame^(B) in both feet.”

¹⁷ So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth^(A) and Kiriath Jearim.^{(B) 18} But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath^(C) to them by the Lord, the God of Israel.

The whole assembly grumbled^(D) against the leaders,