² And the king called to the Gibeonites, and said to^▵ them^◦ (and the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, for they were of the remnant of the Amorite; and the sons of Israel had promised unto them^◦; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah);

⁷ And his words were with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest, and they helped, following after Adonijah.