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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Chronicles

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18 -20 and 2 Samuel 24 as well as Psalm 60. 1

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Chronicles 18 After this it came to pass that

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David attacked the Philistines, subdued them,

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and took Gad and its towns from the hand of the

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Philistines. Then he defeated Moab, and the Moabites

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became David's servants and brought tribute.

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and David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah. as

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far as Hamad, as he went to establish his power

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by the river Euphrates. David took from him 1

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,000 chariots, 7 ,000 horsemen, and 20 ,000 foot

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soldiers. Also David hamstrung all the chariot

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horses, except that he spared enough of them

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for 100 chariots. When Assyrians of Damascus

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came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed

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22 ,000 of the Assyrians. Then David put garrisons

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in Syria of Damascus, and Assyrians became David's

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servants and brought tribute. So the Lord preserved

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David wherever he went, and David took the shields

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of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer

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and brought them to Jerusalem. Also from Tebat

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and from Kun, cities of Hadadezer, David brought

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a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon

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made the bronze sea, the pillars, and the articles

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of bronze. Now when two king of Hamad heard that

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David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer

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king of Zobah, he sent Haduram his son to king

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David to greet him and bless him, because he

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had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him,

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for Hadadezer had been at war with two, and Haduram

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brought with him all kinds of articles of gold,

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silver, and bronze. King David also dedicated

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these to the Lord, along with the silver and

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gold that he had brought from all these nations,

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from Edom, from Moab, from the people of Amun,

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from the Philistines, and from Amalek. Moreover,

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Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed 18 ,000 Edomites

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in the Valley of Salt. He also put garrisons

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in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's

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servants, and the Lord preserved David wherever

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he went. So David reigned over all Israel and

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administered judgment and justice to all his

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people. Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the

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army. Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was recorder,

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Zadok, the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech, the

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son of Abiathar, were the priests. Shavshah was

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the scribe, Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was

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over the Caritites and Nepalitites, and David's

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sons were chief ministers at the king's side.

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Chapter 19 It happened after this that Nahash

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the king of the people of Ammon died, and his

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son reigned in his place. Then David said, I

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will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash,

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because his father showed kindness to me. So

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David sent messengers to comfort him concerning

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his father. And David's servants came to Hanun

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in the land of the people of Ammon to comfort

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him. And the princes of the people of Ammon said

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to Hanun, Do you think that David really honors

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your father, because he has sent comforters to

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you? Did his servants not come to you to search

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and to overthrow and to spy out the land? Therefore

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Hanun took David's servants, shaved them, and

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cut off their garments in the middle, at their

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buttocks, and sent them away. Then some went

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and told David about the men, and he sent to

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meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed.

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And the king said, Wait at Jericho until your

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beards have grown, and then return. When the

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people of Ammon saw that they had made themselves

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repulsive to David, Hanun and the people of Ammon

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sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for

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themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia,

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from Syria, Mecca, and from Zobah. So they hired

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for themselves 32 ,000 chariots, with the king

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of Mecca and his people, who came and encamped

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before Medeba. Also the people of Ammon gathered

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together from their cities and came to battle.

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Now when David heard of it, he sent Joab and

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all the army of the mighty men. Then the people

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of Amun came out and put themselves in battle

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array before the gate of the city. And the kings

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who had come were by themselves in the field.

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When Joab saw that the battle line was against

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him before and behind, he chose some of Israel's

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best and put them in battle array against the

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Syrians, and the rest of the people he put under

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the command of Abishai his brother. And they

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set themselves in battle array against the people

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of Amun. Then he said, If the Syrians are too

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strong for me, then you shall help me. But if

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the people of Amun are too strong for you, then

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I will help you. Be of good courage, and let

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us be strong for our people and for the cities

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of our God. And may the Lord do what is good

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in His sight. So Joab and the people who were

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with him drew near for the battle against the

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Syrians, and they fled before him. When the people

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of Amun saw that the Syrians were fleeing, they

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also fled before Abishai his brother and entered

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the city. So Joab went to Jerusalem. Now when

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the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by

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Israel, they sent messengers and brought the

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Syrians who were beyond the river, and Shophag

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the commander of Hadadezer's army went before

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them. When it was told David, he gathered all

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Israel, crossed over the Jordan, and came upon

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them, and set up in battle array against them.

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So when David had set up in battle array against

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the Syrians, they fought with him. Then the Syrians

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fled before Israel, and David killed 7 ,000 charioteers

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and 40 ,000 foot soldiers of the Syrians, and

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killed Shophag, the commander of the army. And

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when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they

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were defeated by Israel, they made peace with

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David and became his servants. So the Syrians

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were not willing to help the people of Ammon

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anymore. It happened in the spring of the year,

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at the time kings go out to battle, that Joab

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led out the armed forces and ravaged the country

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of the people of Ammon, and came and besieged

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Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem, and Joab

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defeated Rabbah and overthrew it. Then David

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took their king's crown from his head and found

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it to weigh a talent of gold. And there were

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precious stones in it, and it was set on David's

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head. Also he brought out the spoil of the city

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in great abundance, and he brought out the people

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who were in it, and put them to work with saws,

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with iron picks, and with axes. So David did

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to all the cities of the people of Ammon. Then

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David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

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Now it happened afterward that war broke out

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at Gezer with the Philistines, at which time

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Sebekai the Hushetite killed Sepeh, who was one

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of the sons of the giant, and they were subdued.

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Again there was war with the Philistines, and

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Ilhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother

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of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear

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was like a weaver's beam. Yet again there was

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war at Gad, where there was a man of great stature,

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with twenty -four fingers and toes, six on each

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hand and six on each foot, and he also was born

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to the giant. So when he defied Israel, Jonathan

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the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.

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These were born to the giant in Gad, and they

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fell by the hand of David and by the hand of

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his servants. Psalm 60, inscription, to the chief

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musician, said to Lily of the testimony, a miktam

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of David, for teaching, when he fought against

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Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned

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and killed 12 ,000 Edomites in the Valley of

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Salt. O God, you have cast us off, you have broken

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us down, you have been displeased, O restore

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us again, you have made the earth tremble, you

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have broken it, heal its breaches, for it is

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shaking. You have shown your people hard things.

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You have made us drink the wine of confusion.

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You have given a banner to those who fear you,

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that it may be displayed because of the truth.

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Salah. That your beloved may be delivered, save

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with your right hand and hear me. God has spoken

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in his holiness. I will rejoice. I will divide

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Shechem and measure out the valley of Sukkot.

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Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also

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is the helmet for my head. Judah is my lawgiver.

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Moab is my washpot. Over Edom I will cast my

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shoe. Philistia shout in triumph because of me.

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Who will bring me to the strong city? Who will

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lead me to Edom? Is it not you, O God, who cast

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us off? And you, O God, who did not go out with

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our armies? Give us help from trouble, for the

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help of man is useless. Through God we will do

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valiantly, for it is he who shall tread down

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our enemies. Again the anger of the Lord was

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aroused against Israel. And he moved David against

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them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. So

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the king said to Joab the commander of the army

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who was with him, Now go throughout all the tribes

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of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and count the

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people, that I may know the number of the people.

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And Joab said to the king, Now may the Lord your

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God add to the people a hundred times more than

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there are, and may the eyes of the Lord my king

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see it. But why does my lord the king desire

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this thing? Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed

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against Joab and against the captains of the

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army. Therefore, Joab and the captains of the

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army went out from the presence of the king to

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count the people of Israel. And they crossed

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over the Jordan and camped in Arwar, on the right

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side of the town, which is in the midst of the

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ravine of Gad and toward Jazer. Then they came

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to Gilead and to the land of Tehateem -Huchi.

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They came to Danjan and around to Sidon. And

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they came to the stronghold of Tyre and to all

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the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites.

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Then they went out to south Judah as far as Beersheba.

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So when they had gone through all the land, they

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came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and

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twenty days. And Joab gave the sum of the number

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of the people to the king. And there were in

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Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who

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drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five

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hundred thousand men. And David's heart condemned

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him after he had numbered the people. So David

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said to the Lord, I have sinned greatly in what

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I have done, but now I pray, O Lord, take away

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the iniquity of your servant, for I have done

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very foolishly. Now when David arose in the morning,

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the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad,

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David's seer, saying, Go and tell David, Thus

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says the Lord, I offer you three things, choose

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one of them for yourself, that I may do it to

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you. So Gad came to David and told him, and he

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said to him, Shall seven years of famine come

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to you in your land? Or shall you flee three

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months before your enemies while they pursue

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you? Or shall there be three days' plague in

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your land? Now consider and see what answer I

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should take back to him who sent me. And David

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said to Gad, I am in great distress. Please let

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us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies

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are great. But do not let me fall into the hand

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of man. So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel

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from the morning till the appointed time. From

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Dan to Beersheba, 70 ,000 men of the people died.

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And when the angel stretched out his hand over

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Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from

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the destruction and said to the angel who was

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destroying the people, It is enough, now restrain

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your hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the

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threshing floor of Arona the Jebusite. Then David

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spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel who was

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striking the people and said, Surely I have sinned

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and I have done wickedly. But these sheep, what

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have they done? Let your hand, I pray, be against

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me and against my father's house. And Gad came

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that day to David and said to him, Go up, erect

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an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of

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Arona the Jebusite. So David, according to the

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word of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded. Now

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Arona looked and saw the king and his servants

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coming toward him. So Arona went out and bowed

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before the king with his face to the ground.

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Then Arona said, Why has my lord the king come

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to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing

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floor from you, to build an altar to the Lord,

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that the plague may be withdrawn from the people.

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Now Arona said to David, Let my lord the king

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take and offer up whatever seems good to him.

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Look, here are oxen for burnt sacrifice, and

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threshing implements, and the yokes of the oxen

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for wood. All these, O king, Arona has given

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to the king. And Arona said to the king, May

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the Lord your God accept you. Then the king said

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to Arona, No, but I will surely buy it from you

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for a price, nor will I offer burnt offerings

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to the Lord my God with that which costs me nothing.

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So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen

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for fifty shekels of silver. And David built

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there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt

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offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord heeded

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the prayers for the land, and the plague was

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withdrawn from Israel. I hope you enjoyed today's

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reading as much as I did, and I look forward

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to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our

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journey. God bless you and have a great day.