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But the king protected Jonathan's son, Mephibosheth. Jonathan was Saul's son, and David had made a promise in the Lord 's name to Jonathan. So the king did not let them hurt Mephibosheth.

Then David took the bones of Saul and Jonathan from the men of Jabesh Gilead. (The men of Jabesh Gilead got these bones after Saul and Jonathan were killed at Gilboa. The Philistines had hanged the bodies of Saul and Jonathan on a wall in Beth Shan. But the men of Beth Shan went there and stole the bodies from that public area.)

The Philistines started another war with Israel. David and his men went out to fight the Philistines, but David became very tired and weak.

But Abishai son of Zeruiah killed this giant Philistine and saved David's life. Then David's men made him promise that he would not go out to battle anymore. They said, "If you do, Israel might lose its brightest leader."

This man challenged Israel and made fun of them, but Jonathan killed this man. (This was Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimei.)

They attacked me in my time of trouble, but the Lord was there to support me.

You never do wrong to those who have done no wrong. But you outsmart the wicked, no matter how clever they are.

You help those who are humble, but as soon as you see the proud, you humiliate them.

They looked for help, but there was no one to save them. They cried out to the Lord , but he did not answer them.

"But evil people are like thorns. People don't hold thorns. They throw them away.

but Eleazar stood and fought the Philistines until his hand became so tired that it cramped around his sword handle. The Lord won a great victory that day. The people of Israel came back, but only to take things from the dead.

But Shammah stood in the middle of the field and defended it. He defeated the Philistines. The Lord gave Israel a great victory that day.

So the Three Heroes fought their way through the Philistine army and got some water from the well near the city gate in Bethlehem. They took it to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it on the ground as an offering to the Lord .

Benaiah was even more famous than the Thirty Heroes, but he did not become a member of the Three Heroes. David made Benaiah the leader of his bodyguards.

But Joab said to the king, "May the Lord your God give you 100 times as many people, no matter how many there are! And may your eyes see this thing happen. But why do you want to do this?"

David said to Gad, "This is a terrible situation to be in. But it would be better to be punished by the Lord than by anyone else, because he is very merciful."

The angel raised his arm over Jerusalem and was ready to destroy it, but the Lord felt very sorry about the bad things that had happened. He said to the angel who destroyed the people, "That's enough! Put down your arm." The Lord 's angel was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

But the king said to Araunah, "No! I must pay you for everything. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 50 shekels of silver.

King David was very old and could not keep warm. His servants covered him with blankets, but he was still cold.

She was very beautiful. She cared for the king and served him, but King David did not have sexual relations with her.