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let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.' And the king said: 'I will deliver them.'

And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the broad place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa;

and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines; and David waxed faint.

These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

And David spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul;

In my distress I called upon the LORD, yea, I called unto my God; and out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry did enter into His ears.

Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet.

The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High gave forth His voice.

And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

For all His ordinances were before me; and as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes.

As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him.

A tower of salvation is He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.

The spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and His word was upon my tongue.

These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite; [he lifted up his spear] against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

he stood firm, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand did cleave unto the sword; and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain.

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.