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* Now after this it came to pass , that David smote the Philistines , and subdued them , and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines . * And he smote Moab ; and the Moabites became David 's servants , and brought gifts . * And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath , as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates . * And David took from him a thousand chariots , and seven thousand horsemen , and twenty thousand footmen : David also houghed all the chariot horses , but reserved of them an hundred chariots . * And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah , David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men . * Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus ; and the Syrians became David 's servants , and brought gifts . Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went . * And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer , and brought them to Jerusalem . * Likewise from Tibhath , and from Chun , cities of Hadarezer , brought David very much brass , wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea , and the pillars , and the vessels of brass . * Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah ; * He sent Hadoram his son to king David , to enquire of his welfare , and to congratulate him , because he had fought against Hadarezer , and smitten him ; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou ;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass . * Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD , with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations ; from Edom , and from Moab , and from the children of Ammon , and from the Philistines , and from Amalek . * Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand . * And he put garrisons in Edom ; and all the Edomites became David 's servants . Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went . * So David reigned over all Israel , and executed judgment and justice among all his people . * And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host ; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud , recorder . * And Zadok the son of Ahitub , and Abimelech the son of Abiathar , were the priests ; and Shavsha was scribe ; * And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites ; and the sons of David were chief about the king . * Now it came to pass after this , that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died , and his son reigned in his stead . * And David said , I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash , because his father shewed kindness to me . And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father . So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun , to comfort him . * But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun , Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father , that he hath sent comforters unto thee ? are not his servants come unto thee for to search , and to overthrow , and to spy out the land ? * Wherefore Hanun took David 's servants , and shaved them , and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks , and sent them away . * Then there went certain , and told David how the men were served . And he sent to meet them : for the men were greatly ashamed . And the king said , Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown , and then return . * And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David , Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia , and out of Syriamaachah , and out of Zobah . * So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots , and the king of Maachah and his people ; who came and pitched before Medeba . And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities , and came to battle . * And when David heard of it , he sent Joab , and all the host of the mighty men . * And the children of Ammon came out , and put the battle in array before the gate of the city : and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field . * Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind , he chose out of all the choice of Israel , and put them in array against the Syrians . * And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother , and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon . * And he said , If the Syrians be too strong for me , then thou shalt help me : but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee , then I will help thee . * Be of good courage , and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people , and for the cities of our God : and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight . * So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle ; and they fled before him . * And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled , they likewise fled before Abishai his brother , and entered into the city . Then Joab came to Jerusalem . * And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel , they sent messengers , and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river : and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them . * And it was told David ; and he gathered all Israel , and passed over Jordan , and came upon them , and set the battle in array against them . So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians , they fought with him . * But the Syrians fled before Israel ; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots , and forty thousand footmen , and killed Shophach the captain of the host . * And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel , they made peace with David , and became his servants : neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more . * And it came to pass , that after the year was expired , at the time that kings go out to battle , Joab led forth the power of the army , and wasted the country of the children of Ammon , and came and besieged Rabbah . But David tarried at Jerusalem . And Joab smote Rabbah , and destroyed it . * And David took the crown of their king from off his head , and found it to weigh a talent of gold , and there were precious stones in it ; and it was set upon David 's head : and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city . * And he brought out the people that were in it , and cut them with saws , and with harrows of iron , and with axes . Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon . And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem . * And it came to pass after this , that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines ; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai , that was of the children of the giant : and they were subdued . * And there was war again with the Philistines ; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite , whose spear staff was like a weaver 's beam . * And yet again there was war at Gath , where was a man of great stature , whose fingers and toes were four and twenty , six on each hand , and six on each foot : and he also was the son of the giant . * But when he defied Israel , Jonathan the son of Shimea David 's brother slew him . * These were born unto the giant in Gath ; and they fell by the hand of David , and by the hand of his servants . * And Satan stood up against Israel , and provoked David to number Israel . * And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people , Go , number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan ; and bring the number of them to me , that I may know it . * And Joab answered , The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be : but , my lord the king , are they not all my lord 's servants ? why then doth my lord require this thing ? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel ? * Nevertheless the king 's word prevailed against Joab . Wherefore Joab departed , and went throughout all Israel , and came to Jerusalem . * And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David . And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword : and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword . * But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them : for the king 's word was abominable to Joab . * And God was displeased with this thing ; therefore he smote Israel . * And David said unto God , I have sinned greatly , because I have done this thing : but now , I beseech thee , do away the iniquity of thy servant ; for I have done very foolishly . * And the LORD spake unto Gad , David 's seer , saying , * Go and tell David , saying , Thus saith the LORD , I offer thee three things : choose thee one of them , that I may do it unto thee . * So Gad came to David , and said unto him , Thus saith the LORD , Choose thee * Either three years ' famine ; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes , while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee ; or else three days the sword of the LORD , even the pestilence , in the land , and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel . Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me . * And David said unto Gad , I am in a great strait : let me fall now into the hand of the LORD ; for very great are his mercies : but let me not fall into the hand of man . * So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel : and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men . * And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it : and as he was destroying , the LORD beheld , and he repented him of the evil , and said to the angel that destroyed , It is enough , stay now thine hand . And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite . * And David lifted up his eyes , and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven , having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem . Then David and the elders of Israel , who were clothed in sackcloth , fell upon their faces . * And David said unto God , Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered ? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed ; but as for these sheep , what have they done ? let thine hand , I pray thee , O LORD my God , be on me , and on my father 's house ; but not on thy people , that they should be plagued . * Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David , that David should go up , and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite . * And David went up at the saying of Gad , which he spake in the name of the LORD . * And Ornan turned back , and saw the angel ; and his four sons with him hid themselves . Now Ornan was threshing wheat . * And as David came to Ornan , Ornan looked and saw David , and went out of the threshingfloor , and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground . * Then David said to Ornan , Grant me the place of this threshingfloor , that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD : thou shalt grant it me for the full price : that the plague may be stayed from the people . * And Ornan said unto David , Take it to thee , and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes : lo , I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings , and the threshing instruments for wood , and the wheat for the meat offering ; I give it all . * And king David said to Ornan , Nay ; but I will verily buy it for the full price : for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD , nor offer burnt offerings without cost . * So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight . * And David built there an altar unto the LORD , and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings , and called upon the LORD ; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering . * And the LORD commanded the angel ; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof . * At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite , then he sacrificed there . * For the tabernacle of the LORD , which Moses made in the wilderness , and the altar of the burnt offering , were at that season in the high place at Gibeon . * But David could not go before it to enquire of God : for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD . * Then David said , This is the house of the LORD God , and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel .

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