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Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
