2 Samuel

There [was] a famine in the days of David [for] three years, year after year. And David {inquired of Yahweh},[note: Literally "sought the face of Yahweh"] and Yahweh said, "The bloodguilt [is] on Saul and on his household, because he killed the Gibeonites."

So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites [were] not from the {Israelites};[note: Literally "sons/children of Israel"] they [were] from the remainder of the Amorites. Now the {Israelites}[note: Literally "sons/children of Israel"] had sworn to them,[note: The treaty between Israel and the Gibeonites is found in Josh 9] but Saul tried to wipe them out in his zeal for the {Israelites}[note: Literally "sons/children of Israel"] and Judah.