And word of this was given to David; and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam and put his forces in position against them. And when David's forces were in position against the Aramaeans, the fight was started.

And David took the crown of Milcom from off his head; its weight was a talent of gold and it had stones of great price in it; and it was put on David's head, and he took a great store of goods from the town.

Now Jonathan, David's father's brother, expert in discussion, and a man of good sense, was a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni, had the care of the king's sons;

Now these were David's sons, whose birth took place in Hebron: the oldest Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite woman;

Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel.

This is the list of David's men of war: Ishbaal, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the three: he put to death three hundred at one time with his spear.

And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

And the Philistines did not take their images with them in their flight; and at David's orders they were burned with fire.

And David's name was honoured in all lands; and the Lord put the fear of him on all nations.

So Hanun took David's servants, and cutting off their hair and the skirts of their robes up to the middle, sent them away.

And when he put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's brother, put him to death.

Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel.

Then the word of the Lord came to Gad, David's seer, saying,

The flocks were in the care of Jaziz the Hagarite. All these were the controllers of King David's property.

And the people of Jebus said to David, You will not come in here. But still, David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.

David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, because his father was a friend to me. So David sent men to him, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And the servants of David came to Hanun, to the land of the children of Ammon, offering him comfort.