They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:

When they invaded<n id="1" /> with their cattle and tents, they were as thick<n id="2" /> as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted.<n id="3" /> They came to devour<n id="4" /> the land.

They went out to the field, harvested their grapes,<n id="1" /> squeezed out the juice,<n id="2" /> and celebrated. They came to the temple<n id="3" /> of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

<p class="bodytext">Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached<n id="1" /> the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him.<n id="2" />

Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah &#8211; the battle was fierce.<n id="1" /> But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the <sc>Lordsc>, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with<n id="1" /> his wife Hannah, and the <sc>Lordsc> remembered<n id="2" /> her.

<t /><p class="bodytext">As Saul<n id="1" /> turned<n id="2" /> to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person.<n id="3" /> All these signs happened on that very day.

When Saul and his servant<n id="1" /> arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul<n id="2" /> and he prophesied among them.

<p class="bodytext">When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived)<n id="1" /> and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Saul and all the army that was with him assembled and marched into battle, where they found<n id="1" /> the Philistines in total panic killing one another with their swords.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, &#8220;David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near<n id="1" /> Jeshimon?&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">So David went, accompanied by his six hundred men. When he came to the Wadi Besor, those who were in the rear stayed there.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his three sons lying dead<n id="1" /> on Mount Gilboa.

Abner and his men went through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan River<n id="1" /> and went through the whole region of Bitron<n id="2" /> and came to Mahanaim.p>

<p class="bodytext">Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite &#8211; Recab and Baanah &#8211; went at the hottest part of the day to the home of Ish-bosheth, as he was enjoying his midday rest.

<t /><p class="bodytext">All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, &#8220;Look, we are your very flesh and blood!<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon,<n id="1" /> Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of<n id="2" /> the ark of God,<n id="3" /> because the oxen stumbled.

When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city. Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to<n id="1" /> Jerusalem.<n id="2" />p>

Then Hadadezer sent for Arameans from<n id="1" /> beyond the Euphrates River,<n id="2" /> and they came to Helam. Shobach, the general in command of Hadadezer&#8217;s army, led them.<n id="3" />p>