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So Saul died. And his three sons and all his house died together.

So Saul died on account of his sin which he had sinned against Yahweh concerning the command of Yahweh that he did not keep. He also consulted a medium to seek guidance.

But he did not seek Yahweh. So Yahweh put him to death and turned over the kingship to David, the son of Jesse.

Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the thirty who said: "We are yours, O David! And we are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace! Peace to you, and peace to those who help you, for your God helps you." So David appointed them as heads of the troops.

And all the assembly agreed to do so, for the word was pleasing in the eyes of all the people.

So David did not move the ark to himself into the city of David but diverted it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel, and from his brothers, Asaph the son of Berekiah, and from the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

Now David was clothed with a robe of fine linen; so also all the Levites who were carrying the ark, the singers, and Kenaniah the chief of the singing. And David wore a linen ephod.

So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to minister before the ark regularly as each day required,

So now, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over my people Israel,

So now, O Yahweh, let the word that you spoke to your servant and to his house be established forever, that you might do what you have spoken.

So now, O Yahweh, you yourself are God, and you have spoken to your servant this good thing.

So David reigned over all Israel, and he administered justice and righteousness to all his people.

And David said, "I will deal kindly with Hanun the son of Nahash because his father showed kindness to me." So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And the servants of David came to the land of the Ammonites, to Hanun, to comfort him.

But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, "Do you think because David sent comforters to you that David honors your father? Is it not for the purpose of exploring so as to overthrow and spy out the land that his servants have come to you?"

So Hanun took the servants of David and shaved them and cut off their garments at the middle, up to the buttocks, and sent them away.

And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with David and became servants to him. So Aram was no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

So David said to Joab and to the commanders of the nation, "Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan and bring a report to me that I might know their number."

So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh: ‘Choose for yourself:

whether three years of famine or three months of devastation by your enemies while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or three days of the sword of Yahweh, with disease in the land and the angel of Yahweh destroying throughout all the territory in Israel.' So now, see what word I should return to my sender."