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But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

And the ones living in Jebus said to David, You shall not come in here. But David captured the fortress of Zion; it is the city of David.

And the three broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem at the gate, and took it and brought to David. But David was not willing to drink it, and poured it out to Jehovah,

Of the three, he was honored by the two, and became their head. But he did not come to the first three.

Behold, he was honored by the thirty, but to the first three he did not come. And David set him over his court.

And David went out before them, and answered and said to them, If you have come to me for peace, to help me, I have a heart to unite with yours. But if to betray me to my foe, there is no violence in my hand; the God of our fathers shall seeand reprove.

And David did not bring the ark to himself, to the City of David, but carried it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought Israel up until this day, but I have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another .

And this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken to Your servant's house for a great while to come, and have looked upon me as a type of the Man who is on high, O Jehovah God!

and David captured from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses , but left of them a hundred chariots.

And he said, If Syria is stronger than I, then you shall help me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will help you.

And it happened, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that Joab led out the power of the army and wasted the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joabstruck Rabbah and overthrew it.

But the word of the king was heavy against Joab; and Joab went out and went up and down all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

And David said to Gad, It is great distressing to me; now let me fall into the hand of Jehovah, for His mercies are very many; but do not let me fall into the hand of man.

But the Word of Jehovah was against me, saying, You have shed blood in abundance, and you have made great wars; you shall not build a house to My name, for you have shed much blood to the earth before Me.

And Jahath was the head, and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons. And they were in one roster, a father's house.

And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the head. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

And Eleazar died. And he had no sons, but he had daughters. And their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them.

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons. And Eleazar and Ithamar were priests.

But David did not take the number of them from the son of twenty years and under, because Jehovah had said He would increase Israel like the stars of the heavens.