So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he was fallen. And I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.

And the sons of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.

So Joab blew the trumpet. And all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither did they fight any more.

And it came to pass after this, that the king of the sons of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

And the elders of his house arose, [and stood] beside him, to raise him up from the ground, but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. And it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are thou? And he said, Thy

LORD has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul in whose stead thou have reigned. And LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son, and, behold, thou are [taken] in thine own mischief because thou

And the king said to them, What seems best to you I will do. And the king stood by the gate-side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

And there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He who favors Joab, and he who is for David, let him follow Joab.

And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who

And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart. And all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.

But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines. And LORD wrought a great victory.