The Vengeance of David and the Death of the Gibeonites

David Perry: The vengeanc system is an important part of the Bible. He says it's easy to look at something and say, why would you wish death on your enemy for for them taunting you? But if you think through th that sort of causal effectof like this could have real social implications, where real people died, then it's like, oh, i see, you know, in that environment, then i could imagine why they would think that such and such an act warranted their death. "When he had the opportunity to take personal vengeance, he always refrained"