When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died.

While Ornan was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the messenger, and he and his four sons hid themselves.

<p class="bodytext">At that time, when David saw that the <sc>Lordsc> responded to him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.

Realize<n id="1" /> now that the <sc>Lordsc> has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">All those selected to be gatekeepers at the entrances numbered 212. Their names were recorded in the genealogical records of their settlements. David and Samuel the prophet<n id="1" /> had appointed them to their positions.<n id="2" />

And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant&#8217;s family.<n id="1" /> You have revealed to me what men long to know,<n id="2" /> O <sc>Lordsc> God.

When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel&#8217;s best men and deployed them against the Arameans.<n id="1" />

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>

When David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David; he came out from the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face<n id="1" /> to the ground.

When all the Israelites who were in the valley saw that the army<n id="1" /> had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.p>

David went out to meet them and said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you.<n id="2" /> But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you,<n id="3" /> may the God of our ancestors<n id="4" /> take notice and judge!&#8221;

As the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul&#8217;s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them,<n id="1" /> Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents<n id="2" /> of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim, Aram Maacah, and Zobah.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">When the Arameans realized they had been defeated by Israel, they sent for reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates River,<n id="1" /> led by Shophach the commanding general of Hadadezer&#8217;s army.<n id="2" />

When Hadadezer&#8217;s subjects saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.p>

<p class="bodytext">God sent an angel<n id="1" /> to ravage<n id="2" /> Jerusalem. As he was doing so,<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> watched<n id="4" /> and relented from<n id="5" /> his judgment.<n id="6" /> He told the angel who was destroying, &#8220;That&#8217;s enough!<n id="7" /> Stop now!&#8221;<n id="8" />p> <p class="bodytext">Now the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan<n id="9" /> the Jebusite.

David looked up and saw the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.<n id="1" />

Ornan told David, &#8220;You can have it!<n id="1" /> My master, the king, may do what he wants.<n id="2" /> Look, I am giving you the oxen for burnt sacrifices, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for an offering. I give it all to you.&#8221;

They were also in charge of everything dedicated by Samuel the prophet,<n id="1" /> Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah; Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of everything that had been dedicated.p>

I know, my God, that you examine thoughts<n id="1" /> and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives<n id="2" /> I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.