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The king called the Gibeonites and said to 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 to them; and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
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Verse 2. Amorrhites, by which name all the nations of Chanaan were frequently designated. Genesis 15:16. Menochius.—They were properly Hevites.—Juda. As if Josue, and all succeeding governors, had acted wrong. Exodus 23:33, Josue 6:19. Saul ought, at least, to have consulted God. Calmet.
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