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So now, be pleased and bless the house of Your slave, that it may be forever before You. For You, O Lord Yahweh, have spoken; and with Your blessing may the house of Your slave be blessed forever."

And David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for 100 chariots.

so Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him down; for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. And in Joram's hand were articles of silver, of gold, and of bronze.

So David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Arameans in the Valley of Salt.

So David reigned over all Israel; and David was doing justice and righteousness for all his people.

Then David said, "Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him lovingkindness for Jonathan's sake?"

And David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will surely show lovingkindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table continually."

And you and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master's grandson may have food and eat of it; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master's grandson shall eat at my table continually." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king's table continually. Now he was lame in both feet.

Then they told it to David. And he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly dishonored. And the king said, "Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return."

And the sons of Ammon came out and arranged themselves for battle at the entrance of the gate of the city. But the Arameans of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

And he said, "If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall save me, but if the sons of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come to save you.

Be strong, and let us show strength for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may Yahweh do what is good in His sight."

So Joab and the people who were with him drew near for the battle against the Arameans, and they fled before him.

Then David said to the messenger, "Thus you shall say to Joab, ‘Do not let this thing be evil in your sight, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle against the city stronger and tear it down'; and so strengthen him."

Now a visitor came to the rich man,And he was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd,To prepare for the traveler who had come to him;Rather he took the poor man's ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him."

And he must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion."

Then it happened on the seventh day that the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, "Behold, while the child was still alive, we spoke to him and he did not listen to our voice. How then can we tell him that the child has died? He might do himself harm!"

Then he said, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows, Yahweh may be gracious to me, that the child may live.'

and sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah for the sake of Yahweh.