There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken. David brought everything back.

David said to the young man who was telling him this, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

When Ish-bosheth the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he was very disheartened, and all Israel was afraid.

He then told his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it

and his son Beerah, whom King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah was the tribal leader of Reuben.

“After I had given the copies of the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord,

“And you, son of man, take a brick and set it in front of you. Inscribe a city on it – Jerusalem.

He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and discovered a doorway.

The Lord said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

“As for you, son of man, turn toward the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their imagination. Prophesy against them

“Are you willing to pronounce judgment? Are you willing to pronounce judgment, son of man? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers,

“Son of man, turn toward the south, and speak out against the south. Prophesy against the open scrub land of the Negev,

“Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Lord says: “‘A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished.

“Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that receives no rain or showers in the day of my anger.’

The Lord said to me: “Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds!

“As for you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord!

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.

Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.