So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites [were] not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; the children of Israel had sworn protection to them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.
Erregeak gabaondarrei dei egin zien, beraiekin mintzatzeko. Gabaondarrak ez ziren israeldar, amortarren artetik bizirik geldituak baizik. Egina zuten hitzarmena israeldarrekin; baina Saulek, Israel eta Judakoenganako gehiegizko axolaz, galdu egin nahi izan zituen haiek.