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But a wise woman in the town called out to Joab, "Listen to me, Joab. Come over here so I can talk to you."

I am one who is peace loving and faithful in Israel. But you are destroying an important town in Israel. Why do you want to devour what belongs to the Lord ?"

So the king summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal for Israel and Judah, had tried to wipe them out.

But he gave them Saul's two sons Armoni and Mephibosheth, whose mother was Rizpah daughter of Aiah. He also gave them the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab, the wife of Adriel son of Barzillai from Meholah.

But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David's rescue and killed the Philistine. Then David's men declared, "You are not going out to battle with us again! Why risk snuffing out the light of Israel?"

But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimea.

These four Philistines were descendants of the giants of Gath, but David and his warriors killed them.

But in my distress I cried out to the Lord ; yes, I cried to my God for help. He heard me from his sanctuary; my cry reached his ears.

They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress, but the Lord supported me.

To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

You rescue the humble, but your eyes watch the proud and humiliate them.

For who is God except the Lord ? Who but our God is a solid rock?

They looked for help, but no one came to their rescue. They even cried to the Lord , but he refused to answer.

But the godless are like thorns to be thrown away, for they tear the hand that touches them.

but Shammah held his ground in the middle of the field and beat back the Philistines. So the Lord brought about a great victory.

So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the Lord .

But Joab replied to the king, "May the Lord your God let you live to see a hundred times as many people as there are now! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this?"

But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab and the commanders of the army went out to count the people of Israel.

But after he had taken the census, David's conscience began to bother him. And he said to the Lord , "I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt, Lord , for doing this foolish thing."

"I'm in a desperate situation!" David replied to Gad. "But let us fall into the hands of the Lord , for his mercy is great. Do not let me fall into human hands."