He made the camels kneel down by the well<n id="1" /> outside the city. It was evening,<n id="2" /> the time when the women would go out to draw water.

<p class="bodytext">So we worked on,<n id="1" /> with half<n id="2" /> holding spears, from dawn till dusk.<n id="3" />

He sent it after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the palace officials,<n id="1" /> the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had been exiled from Jerusalem.<n id="2" />

And you must eat the food like you would a barley cake. You must bake it in front of them over a fire made with dried human excrement.&#8221;<n id="1" />

Now, O <sc>Lordsc> my God, you have made your servant king in my father David&#8217;s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> the sovereign master<n id="2" /> will wash the excrement<n id="3" /> from Zion&#8217;s women,p> <p class="poetry">he will rinse the bloodstains from Jerusalem&#8217;s midst,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">as he comes to judgep> <p class="poetry">and to bring devastation.<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the spring of the year, at the time when kings<n id="1" /> normally conduct wars,<n id="2" /> David sent out Joab with his officers<n id="3" /> and the entire Israelite army.<n id="4" /> They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars,<n id="1" /> Joab led the army into battle and devastated the land of the Ammonites. He went and besieged Rabbah, while David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab defeated Rabbah and tore it down.

After about two years his intestines came out because of the disease, so that he died a very painful death.<n id="1" /> His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors.<n id="2" />p>