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And so David realized that the Lord had established him as king of Israel and was making his kingdom prosperous for the sake of his people.

When the Philistines fled, they left their idols behind, and David and his men carried them away.

At once the Lord God became angry with Uzzah and killed him because of his irreverence. Uzzah died there beside the Covenant Box,

It stayed there three months, and the Lord blessed Obed Edom and his family.

David, wearing only a linen cloth around his waist, danced with all his might to honor the Lord .

Afterward, when David went home to greet his family, Michal came out to meet him. "The king of Israel made a big name for himself today!" she said. "He exposed himself like a fool in the sight of the servant women of his officials!"

David answered, "I was dancing to honor the Lord , who chose me instead of your father and his family to make me the leader of his people Israel. And I will go on dancing to honor the Lord ,

King David was settled in his palace, and the Lord kept him safe from all his enemies.

When you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will make one of your sons king and will keep his kingdom strong.

He will be the one to build a temple for me, and I will make sure that his dynasty continues forever.

I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him as a father punishes his son.

Then he defeated the Moabites. He made the prisoners lie down on the ground and put two out of every three of them to death. So the Moabites became his subjects and paid taxes to him.

Then he defeated the king of the Syrian state of Zobah, Hadadezer son of Rehob, as Hadadezer was on his way to restore his control over the territory by the upper Euphrates River.

David captured seventeen hundred of his cavalry and twenty thousand of his foot soldiers. He kept enough horses for a hundred chariots and crippled all the rest.

Then he set up military camps in their territory, and they became his subjects and paid taxes to him. The Lord made David victorious everywhere.

So he sent his son Joram to greet King David and congratulate him for his victory over Hadadezer, against whom Toi had fought many times. Joram took David presents made of gold, silver, and bronze.

He set up military camps throughout Edom, and the people there became his subjects. The Lord made David victorious everywhere.

David ruled over all of Israel and made sure that his people were always treated fairly and justly.

Then the king called Ziba, Saul's servant, and said, "I am giving Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, everything that belonged to Saul and his family.

So Mephibosheth, who was crippled in both feet, lived in Jerusalem, eating all his meals at the king's table.