The woman said, “Why have you devised something like this against God’s people? When the king speaks in this fashion, he makes himself guilty, for the king has not brought back the one he has banished.

Now David had been told, “Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed, “Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O Lord!”

The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. The slaughter there was great that day – 20,000 soldiers were killed.

Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David.

Later there was another battle with the Philistines, this time in Gob. On that occasion Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the descendants of Rapha.

But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s elite warriors did not ally themselves with Adonijah.

Your servant stands among your chosen people; they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number.

and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years; then he passed away. His son Nadab replaced him as king.

He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been.

In the spring Ben Hadad mustered the Syrian army and marched to Aphek to fight Israel.

Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” but Jehoshaphat refused.

He joined Ahab’s son Joram in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah with the sword in the royal palace.

All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah’s place.

Manasseh passed away and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzzah, and his son Amon replaced him as king.

During the time of Saul they attacked the Hagrites and defeated them. They took over their territory in the entire eastern region of Gilead.

These were the leaders of David’s warriors who helped establish and stabilize his rule over all Israel, in accordance with the Lord’s word.

They helped David fight against raiding bands, for all of them were warriors and leaders in the army.

They spent three days feasting there with David, for their relatives had given them provisions.