The soldiers ¹  told him what had been promised, saying, ²  “This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”

Then Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers. ¹ 

The Philistines ¹  abandoned their idols ²  there, and David and his men picked them up.

So Joab and his men ¹  marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.

When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going. ¹ 

When one ¹  of the men saw this, he reported it to Joab saying, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.

Then ten soldiers who were Joab’s armor bearers struck Absalom and finished him off.

That day the people stole away to go to the city the way people who are embarrassed steal away in fleeing from battle.

From Asher there were 40,000 warriors prepared for battle.

He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

So Joab and his men ¹  marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him.

These were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed ¹  by the hand of David and his soldiers. ² 

He hired 100,000 Israelite warriors for a hundred talents ¹  of silver.

The wise person ¹  can scale ²  the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold ³  in which they trust. ⁴ 

Look! It is Solomon’s portable couch! ¹  It is surrounded by sixty warriors, some of Israel’s mightiest warriors.

Even the soldiers ¹  from Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, people of Israel. ² 

The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude ¹  of its waves. ² 

And if anyone forces you to go one mile, ¹  go with him two.

“But when you see Jerusalem ¹  surrounded ²  by armies, then know that its ³  desolation ⁴  has come near.