27 Accordingly Joshua constituted+ them* on that day gatherers of wood and drawers of water for the assembly+ and for Jehovah’s altar, down to this day, at the place that he should choose.+

2 So the king called the Gibʹe·on·ites+ and talked to them. (Incidentally, the Gibʹe·on·ites were not of the sons of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amʹor·ites;+ and the sons of Israel themselves had sworn to them,+ but Saul sought to strike+ them down in his feeling jealous+ for the sons of Israel and Judah.)