SEV Biblia, Chapter 21:2
Entonces el rey llamó a los gabaonitas, y les habló. (Los gabaonitas no eran de los hijos de Israel, sino del residuo de los amorreos, a los cuales los hijos de Israel habían hecho juramento; mas Saúl había procurado matarlos con motivo de celo por los hijos de Israel y de Judá).
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 21:2
Verse 2. The remnant of the Amorites] The Gibeonites were Hivites, not Amorites, as appears from Josh. xi. 19: but Amorites is a name often given to the Canaanites in general, Gen. xv. 16; Amos ii. 9, and elsewhere.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 2. And the king called the Gibeonites , etc.] Sent messengers unto them, and summoned them to come to him, and said unto them ; what is expressed in ( 2 Samuel 21:3); for what follows is in a parenthesis: (now the Gibeonites [were] not of the children of Israel ; originally, though they were proselyted to the Jewish religion, and were employed in the menial services of the sanctuary: but of the remnant of the Amorites ; they were the remains of the old Canaanites, who sometimes in general were called Amorites, otherwise the Gibeonites were called Hivites; (see Joshua 9:7 11:19); and the children of Israel had sworn unto them ; by their princes, as Joshua; yet, and Saul, contrary to this oath, sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah) ; pretending a great concern for them, for their honour and profit; that these men ought not to live in their cities, and take the bread out of their mouths, and be employed in the service of the sanctuary; but that they ought to be expelled, and even cut off, being the old inhabitants of the land, the Lord ordered to be destroyed; and that though the Israelites had given an oath to the contrary, they were drawn into it by guile and deceit, and therefore not binding upon them; hence he sought by all means to harass and oppress them, and slew many of them, and destroyed them out of their cities, that they might be possessed by Judah and Benjamin; (see 2 Samuel 4:2), compared with ( Joshua 9:17).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - Every affliction arises from sin, and should lead us to repent an humble ourselves before God; but some troubles especially show tha they are sent to bring sin to remembrance. God's judgments often look great way back, which requires us to do so, when we are under his rebukes. It is not for us to object against the people's smarting for the sin of their king; perhaps they helped him. Nor against thi generation suffering for the sin of the last. God often visits the sin of the fathers upon the children, and he gives no account of an matters. Time does not wear out the guilt of sin; nor can we buil hopes of escape upon the delay of judgments. If we cannot understan all the reasons of Providence in this matter, still we have no right to demand that God should acquaint us with those reasons. It must be right, because it is the will of God, and in the end it will be prove to be so. Money is no satisfaction for blood. It should seem, Saul' posterity trod in his steps, for it is called a bloody house. It wa the spirit of the family, therefore they are justly reckoned with for his sin, as well as for their own. The Gibeonites did not require thi out of malice against Saul or his family. It was not to gratify an revenge, but for the public good. They were put to death at the beginning of harvest; they were thus sacrificed to turn away the wrat of Almighty God, who had withheld the harvest-mercies for some year past, and to obtain his favour in the present harvest. In vain do we expect mercy from God, unless we do justice upon our sins. Execution must not be thought cruel, which are for the public welfare.
Original Hebrew
ויקרא 7121 המלך 4428 לגבענים 1393 ויאמר 559 אליהם 413 והגבענים 1393 לא 3808 מבני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 המה 1992 כי 3588 אם 518 מיתר 3499 האמרי 567 ובני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 נשׁבעו 7650 להם 1992 ויבקשׁ 1245 שׁאול 7586 להכתם 5221 בקנאתו 7065 לבני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 ויהודה׃ 3063
