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And he took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from that place; and they got together the bones of those who had been put to death by hanging.

And they put them with the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the resting-place of Kish, his father, in Zela in the country of Benjamin; they did all the king had given them orders to do. And after that, God gave ear to their prayers for the land.

And the Philistines went to war again with Israel; and David went down with his people, and while they were at Gob they had a fight with the Philistines:

But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.

And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim.

These four were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; and they came to their end by the hands of David and his servants.

And David made a song to the Lord in these words, on the day when the Lord made him free from the hands of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul:

In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came to his ears.

There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.

The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and coals of fire.

And he sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.

For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.

Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

As for God, his way is all good: the word of the Lord is tested; he is a safe cover for all those who put their faith in him.

Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.

The spirit of the Lord had voice through me, his word was on my tongue.

These are the names of David's men of war: Ishbaal the Hachmonite, chief of the three; his axe was lifted up against eight hundred put to death at one time.