He gathered some men and organized a raiding band.<n id="1" /> When David tried to kill them,<n id="2" /> they went to Damascus, where they settled down and gained control of the city.

His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily<n id="1" /> at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah,

Then the king of Israel said, &#8220;Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king&#8217;s son.

<p class="bodytext">The king<n id="1" /> sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Prophet, this is what the king says, &#8216;Come down at once!&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">The third army commander, assigned the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. He was the leader of his division, which consisted of 24,000 men.

Then the king of Israel said, &#8220;Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king&#8217;s son.

<p class="bodytext">Malkijah son of Recab, head of the district of Beth Hakkerem, worked on the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.p>

<p class="bodytext">After him the Levites worked &#8211; Rehum son of Bani and<n id="1" /> after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.

Adjacent to him Ezer son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, worked on another section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress.

I then put in charge over Jerusalem<n id="1" /> my brother Hanani and Hananiah<n id="2" /> the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do.

So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, Nebushazban, who was a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer, who was a high official,<n id="1" /> and all the other officers of the king of Babylon

But the overseer of the court officials renamed them. He gave<n id="1" /> Daniel the name Belteshazzar, Hananiah he named Shadrach, Mishael he named Meshach, and Azariah he named Abednego.<n id="2" />p>

Daniel then spoke to the warden<n id="1" /> whom the overseer of the court officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

By his treachery<n id="1" /> he will succeed through deceit.<n id="2" /> He will have an arrogant attitude,<n id="3" /> and he will destroy many who are unaware of his schemes.<n id="4" /> He will rise up against the Prince of princes, yet he will be broken apart &#8211; but not by human agency.<n id="5" />

For the Israelites<n id="1" /> must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols.

May the <sc>Lordsc> punish him for the blood he shed;<n id="1" /> behind my father David&#8217;s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he<n id="2" /> &#8211; Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel&#8217;s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah&#8217;s army.

The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph&#8217;s care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The man<n id="1" /> replied, &#8220;Who made you a ruler<n id="2" /> and a judge over us? Are you planning<n id="3" /> to kill me like you killed that<n id="4" /> Egyptian?&#8221; Then Moses was afraid, thinking,<n id="5" /> &#8220;Surely what I did<n id="6" /> has become known.&#8221;

He answered,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Truly I am the commander of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s army.<n id="2" /> Now I have arrived!&#8221;<n id="3" /> Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground<n id="4" /> and asked, &#8220;What does my master want to say to his servant?&#8221;

The commander of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s army answered Joshua, &#8220;Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you stand is holy.&#8221; Joshua did so.p>