Study Desk

They stripped his corpse, and then carried off his head and his armor. They sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines proclaiming the news to their idols and their people.

They placed his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.

all the warriors went and recovered the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their remains under the oak tree in Jabesh and fasted for seven days.

These were the leaders of David's warriors who helped establish and stabilize his rule over all Israel, in accordance with the Lord 's word.

This is the list of David's warriors: Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was head of the officers. He killed three hundred men with his spear in a single battle.

Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame along with the three elite warriors.

He even killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall. The Egyptian had a spear as big as the crossbeam of a weaver's loom; Benaiah attacked him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

He received honor from the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

Jediael son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

Some men from Manasseh joined David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (But in the end they did not help the Philistines because, after taking counsel, the Philistine lords sent David away, saying: "It would be disastrous for us if he deserts to his master Saul.")

Each day men came to help David until his army became very large.

along with Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two leaders from his family.

David consulted with his military officers, including those who led groups of a thousand and those who led groups of a hundred.

Let's move the ark of our God back here, for we did not seek his will throughout Saul's reign."

David and all Israel went up to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord , who sits enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by his name.

When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of the ark, because the oxen stumbled.

The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. He died right there before God.

David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

So they marched against Baal Perazim and David defeated them there. David said, "Using me as his instrument, God has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out." So that place is called Baal Perazim.

From the descendants of Kohath: Uriel the leader and 120 of his relatives.