No silver, nor gold... - Money payments as compensation for blood-guilt were very common among many nations. The law, too, in Numbers 35:31-…

No silver nor gold.—Money compensations for sins of blood were extremely common among all ancient nations, but were expressly forb…

And, the Gibeonites said unto him
In reply to his motion:

we will have no silver nor gold of Saul…

Every affliction arises from sin and should lead us to repent and humble ourselves before God; but some troubles especially show that they are sent…