and defeated the rest of the Amalekite refugees; they live there to this very day.

Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.

God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel.

I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.’

David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day.

For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places.

O Lord our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you.

The men whose names are listed came during the time of King Hezekiah of Judah and attacked the Hamites’ settlements, as well as the Meunites they discovered there, and they wiped them out to this very day. They dispossessed them, for they found pasture for their sheep there.

So the God of Israel stirred up King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.

David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”