Gibeonites: Descended from the Hivites and Amorites

But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”

At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)