2 Samuel 21:2

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Summary

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

Now the

Joshua 9:3

The amorites

Genesis 15:16

In his zeal

General references

Joshua 2:17

Bible References

Now the

But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,

The amorites

And in the fourth generation they shall come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.

In his zeal

And thou shall consume all the peoples that LORD thy God shall deliver to thee. Thine eye shall not pity them. Neither shall thou serve their gods, for that will be a snare to thee.

And Saul said, God do so and more also, for thou shall surely die, Jonathan.

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.

And his disciples James and John having seen, they said, Lord, do thou want that we should call fire to come down from the sky, and consume them, as also Elijah did?

They will make you excommunicated from the synagogues. But the hour comes that every man who kills you will presume to be offering service to God.

For I testify to them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

They are zealous for you but not honorably. They want to exclude you, so that ye may be zealous for them.

General references

And the men said to her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou have made us to swear.