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And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah as wife.
And the LORD said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man."
Then he said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you."
So he went up and told his father and mother, saying, "I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife."
Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since I have a Levite as priest!"
So they went up to the city. As they were coming into the city, there was Samuel, coming out toward them on his way up to the high place.
And some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Now the king sat on his seat, as at other times, on a seat by the wall. And Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, but David's place was empty.
David said furthermore, "As the LORD lives, the LORD shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go out to battle and perish.
And they came there, all the way into the house, as though to get wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
"But My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
So David's anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As the LORD lives, the man who has done this shall surely die!
So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and each one got on his mule and fled.
"Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father's presence, so will I be in your presence."
Then they answered the king, "As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the territories of Israel,
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king"; and he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
"So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days."
So he said, "What kind of cities are these which you have given me, my brother?" And he called them the land of Cabul, as they are to this day.