A famine hit the land of Israel. At first, David
thought it was a natural event until it lasted for
three years. He then realized the famine was from
God. So he asked the Lord about it. God said, “It
is because of what Saul did to the Gibeonites.”
The Tabernacles of God was at Gibeon. The
Ark of God was in Jerusalem, but the Tabernacle
was set up in Gibeon. So there were two place of
worship.
The Gibeonites made an agreement with Israel
in the days of Joshua. Saul decided to ignore
those agreements and eliminate the Gibeonite
population. He tried to totally annihilate their
existence.
David went to them and said, “Our people
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