2 Samuel 21:2 Cross References - EJ2000

² And the king called the Gibeonites and said unto them: (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the sons of Israel had sworn unto them, and Saul had sought to slay them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah).

¹⁶ But in the fourth generation they shall come here again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

¹⁶ And thou shalt consume all the peoples which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them; neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

³ ¶ But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, ⁴ they worked with prudence and went and made as if they had been ambassadors and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old and rent and bound up, ⁵ and old patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them, and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. ⁶ Thus they came unto Joshua to the camp at Gilgal and said unto him and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country; now, therefore, make ye a covenant with us. ⁷ And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us, and how shall we make a covenant with you? ⁸ And they said unto Joshua, We are thy slaves. And Joshua said unto them, Who are you and where do you come from? ⁹ And they said unto him, From very far lands thy slaves are come because of the name of the LORD thy God, for we have heard the fame of him and all that he did in Egypt ¹⁰ and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side of the Jordan, and to Sihon, king of Heshbon, and to Og, king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. ¹¹ Therefore, our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provision with you for the journey and go to meet them and say unto them, We are your slaves; therefore, now make ye a covenant with us. ¹² This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to come unto you, but now, behold, it is dry and mouldy. ¹³ These bottles of wine, we also filled new, and, behold, they are rent, and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. ¹⁴ And the men of Israel took of their provision and did not ask counsel at the mouth of the LORD. ¹⁵ ¶ And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; also the princes of the congregation swore unto them. ¹⁶ At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard how they were their neighbours and that they dwelt among them. ¹⁷ And the sons of Israel journeyed and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kirjathjearim. ¹⁸ And the sons of Israel did not smite them because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. ¹⁹ But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel; therefore, now we may not touch them. ²⁰ This we will do to them; we will let them live lest wrath come upon us because of the oath which we swore unto them. ²¹ And the princes said unto them, Let them live but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had said unto them.

⁴⁴ And Saul answered, God do so and more also, for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

⁸ And he took Agag, the king of the Amalekites, alive and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. ⁹ But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fatlings and the lambs and all that was good and would not utterly destroy them, but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

¹⁶ And he said, Come with me, and thou shalt see my zeal for the LORD. So they had him ride in his chariot.

³¹ But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart; neither did he depart from the sins of Jeroboam, who had caused Israel to sin.

⁵⁴ And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did? ⁵⁵ But he turned and rebuked them and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

² They shall put you out of the synagogues, and the hour will even come when whosoever kills you will think that he does God service.

² For I give testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

¹⁷ ¶ They are zealous after you, but not for good; they would exclude you from us, that ye might be zealous after them.