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David had said, "The person who leads the attack against the Jebusites will become the commander over all my army." Joab son of Zeruiah led the attack, so he became the commander of the army.

So the Three broke through the Philistine army and took water from the well near the city gate in Bethlehem. Then they brought it to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out before the Lord ,

saying, "May God keep me from drinking this water! It would be like drinking the blood of the men who risked their lives to bring it to me!" So David refused to drink it. These were the brave things that the three warriors did.

Then the Spirit entered Amasai, the leader of the Thirty, and he said: "We belong to you, David. We are with you, son of Jesse. Success, success to you. Success to those who help you, because your God helps you." So David welcomed these men and made them leaders of his army.

So David gathered all the Israelites, from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the Ark of God back from the town of Kiriath Jearim.

The Lord was angry with Uzzah and killed him, because he had touched the Ark. So Uzzah died there in the presence of God.

So David did not take the Ark with him to Jerusalem. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom who was from Gath.

So David and his men went up to the town of Baal Perazim and defeated the Philistines. David said, "Like a flood of water, God has broken through my enemies by using me." So that place was named Baal Perazim.

The Philistines had left their idols there, so David ordered his men to burn them.

So David became famous in all the countries, and the Lord made all nations afraid of him.

The last time we did not ask the Lord how to carry it. You Levites didn't carry it, so the Lord our God punished us."

Then the priests and Levites prepared themselves for service to the Lord so they could carry the Ark of the Lord , the God of Israel.

So the Levites appointed Heman and his relatives Asaph and Ethan. Heman was Joel's son. Asaph was Berekiah's son. And Ethan, from the Merari family group, was Kushaiah's son.

So all the people of Israel brought up the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord . They shouted, blew horns and trumpets, and played cymbals, lyres, and harps.

I will choose a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them so they can live in their own homes. They will not be bothered anymore. Wicked people will no longer hurt them as they have in the past

"What more can I say to you for honoring me, your servant? You know me so well.

"My God, you have told me that you would make my family great. So I, your servant, am brave enough to pray to you.

You have chosen to bless my family. Let it continue before you always. Lord , you have blessed my family, so it will always be blessed."

He also defeated the people of Moab. So the people of Moab became servants of David and gave him the payment he demanded.

Then David put groups of soldiers in Damascus in Aram. The Arameans became David's servants and gave him the payments he demanded. So the Lord gave David victory everywhere he went.