And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto 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 unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
Þerfor whanne Gabaonytis weren clepid, þe kyng seide to hem; soþeli Gabaonytis ben not of þe sones of Israel, but þei ben þe relikys of Ammorreis; and þe sones of Israel hadden swore to hem, þat is, þat þei schulden not be slayn, and Saul wolde smyte hem for feruent loue, as for þe sones of Israel and of Juda;