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All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' households, 17,200 valiant warriors who were ready to go out with the army to war.

Rephah was his son along with Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son,

Their possessions and dwelling places were Bethel with its towns, and to the east, Naaran, and to the west, Gezer with its towns, and Shechem with its towns, as far as Ayyah with its towns,

and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean with its towns, Taanach with its towns, Megiddo with its towns, and Dor with its towns. In these regions lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns;

Mikloth fathered Shimeah. They also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite their other relatives.

Phinehas the son of Eleazar was supervisor over them previously, and the LORD was with him.

Their relatives in their settlements were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;

Mikloth fathered Shimeam. And they also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite their other relatives.

Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised Philistines will come and abuse me." But his armor bearer would not, for he was very afraid. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

So Saul died with his three sons, and all those of his house died together.

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, in accordance with the word of the LORD through Samuel.

And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of armies was with him.

Now these are the heads of the mighty men whom David had, who remained faithful to him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, in accordance with the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines were gathered together there to battle, and there was a plot of land full of barley; and the people fled from the Philistines.

But they took their stand in the midst of the plot and defended it, and defeated the Philistines; and the LORD saved them with a great victory.

And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,

They were equipped with bows, using both the right hand and the left to sling stones and shoot arrows with the bow; they were Saul's kinsmen from Benjamin.

David went out to meet them, and said to them, "If you come peacefully to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my enemies, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on it and decide."