Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.)

Bible References

In his zeal

Luke 9:54
When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Master, do you wish us to order fire to come down from Heaven and consume them?"
John 16:2
You will be excluded from the synagogues; nay more, the time is coming when any one who has murdered one of you will suppose he is offering service to God.
Romans 10:2
For I bear witness that they possess an enthusiasm for God, but it is an unenlightened enthusiasm.
Galatians 4:17
These men pay court to you, but not with honourable motives. They want to exclude you, so that you may pay court to them.