these people, enumerated by name, were leaders in their respective families, and their clans grew to be very abundant.

They discovered abundant and excellent grazing lands there, where the land was very broad, secure, and tranquil, because the former inhabitants there were descendants of Ham.

But his armor bearer did not want to do it because he was very frightened, so Saul took the sword and fell on it. When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died.

Because you didn't carry it from the very first, the LORD our God attacked us, since we didn't care for it appropriately."

On that very day, David composed this psalm of thanksgiving to the LORD just for Asaph and his companions:

When you were few in number very few, and strangers at that

You took your people Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, LORD, have become their God.

There was also a battle at Gath, where there was a very tall man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot for a total of 24 digits who was a descendant of the Rephaim.

David responded to God, "I sinned greatly by behaving this way. But now I am asking you, please remove the guilt of your servant, since I have acted very foolishly."

So David replied to Gad, "This is a very bad choice for me to make! Let me now please fall into the hand of the LORD, because his mercy is very great, but may I never fall into human hands!"