KJV ¹ Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

WLC ¹ וַיְהִ֣י רָעָב֩ בִּימֵ֨י דָוִ֜ד שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֗ים שָׁנָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י שָׁנָ֔ה וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ דָּוִ֖ד אֶת־ פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־ שָׁאוּל֙ וְאֶל־ בֵּ֣ית הַדָּמִ֔ים עַל־ אֲשֶׁר־ הֵמִ֖ית אֶת־ הַגִּבְעֹנִֽים׃