Quotes About History

but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.

his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;

his fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith; his fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital;

and his sixth was Ithream, by Davidís wife Eglah. These sons were born to David in Hebron.

Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.

because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.

David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.

Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.

And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.

For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.

When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.

And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;

Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.

Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.