But a young man saw them on one occasion and informed Absalom. So the two of them quickly departed and went to the house of a man in Bahurim. There was a well in his courtyard, and they got down in it.

<p class="bodytext">Sheba<n id="1" /> traveled through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of<n id="2" /> Beth Maacah and all the Berite region. When they had assembled,<n id="3" /> they too joined him.

<p class="bodytext">At the time of<n id="1" /> the harvest three<n id="2" /> of the thirty leaders went down to<n id="3" /> David at the cave of Adullam. A band of Philistines was camped in the valley of Rephaim.

Then they went to the fortress of Tyre<n id="1" /> and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba.

So they looked through all Israel<n id="1" /> for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

<p class="bodytext">King David said, &#8220;Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet,<n id="1" /> and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.&#8221; They came before the king,

People from all nations came to hear Solomon&#8217;s display of wisdom;<n id="1" /> they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom.p>

<p class="bodytext">The priests brought the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s covenant to its assigned<n id="1" /> place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.

<p class="bodytext">When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho,<n id="1" /> who were standing at a distance,<n id="2" /> saw him do this, they said, &#8220;The spirit that energized Elijah<n id="3" /> rests upon Elisha.&#8221; They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites<n id="1" /> thoroughly defeated<n id="2" /> Moab.

So they started toward<n id="1" /> the Syrian camp at dusk. When they reached the edge of the Syrian camp, there was no one there.

Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, as well as the army officers, left for<n id="1" /> Egypt, because they were afraid of what the Babylonians might do.p>

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

When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of<n id="1" /> the ark, because the oxen stumbled.

When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab&#8217;s<n id="1" /> brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem.<n id="2" />p>

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, &#8220;I will disguise myself and then enter<n id="1" /> the battle; but you wear your royal attire.&#8221; So the king of Israel disguised himself and they entered the battle.

Messengers<n id="1" /> arrived and reported to Jehoshaphat, &#8220;A huge army is attacking you from the other side of the Dead Sea,<n id="2" /> from the direction of Edom.<n id="3" /> Look, they are in Hazezon Tamar (that is, En Gedi).&#8221;

They traveled throughout Judah and assembled the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the Israelite family leaders.p> <p class="bodytext">They came to Jerusalem,<n id="1" />

All the people went and demolished<n id="1" /> the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols.<n id="2" /> They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the <sc>Lordsc>, and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />