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iots, and forty thousand footmen, and Sophach hand and foot: who also was born of the stock
the general of the army. of Rapha.
19 And when the servants of Adarezer saw 7 He reviled Israel: but Jonathan the son of
themselves overcome by Israel, they went over Samaa the brother of David slew him. These
to David, and served him: and Syria would not were the sons of Rapha in Geth, who fell by the
help the children of Ammon any more. hand of David and his servants.

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And it came to pass after the course of a year, at And Satan rose up against Israel: and moved
the time that kings go out to battle, Joab gath- David to number Israel.
ered together an army and the strength of the 2 And David said to Joab, and to the rulers
troops, and wasted the land of the children of of the people: Go, and number Israel from
Ammon: and went and besieged Rabba. But Bersabee even to Dan, and bring me the number
David stayed at Jerusalem, when Joab smote of them that I may know it.
Rabba, and destroyed it. 3 And Joab answered: The Lord make his peo-
2 And David took the crown of Melchom from ple a hundred times more than they are: but, my
his head, and found in it a talent weight of gold, lord the king, are they not all thy servants: why
and most precious stones, and he made himself doth my lord seek this thing, which may be im-
a diadem of it: he took also the spoils of the city puted as a sin to Israel?
which were very great. 4 But the king’s word rather prevailed: and
3 And the people that were therein he brought Joab departed, and went through all Israel: and
out: and made harrows, and sleds, and chariots returned to Jerusalem.
of iron to go over them, so that they were cut 5 And he gave David the number of them,
and bruised to pieces: in this manner David dealt whom he had surveyed: and all the number of
with all the cities of the children of Ammon: and Israel was found to be eleven hundred thousand
he returned with all his people to Jerusalem. men that drew the sword: and of Juda four hun-
4 After this there arose a war at Gazer against dred and seventy thousand fighting men.
the Philistines: in which Sabachai the Husathite 6 But Levi and Benjamin he did not number:
slew Saphai of the race of Raphaim, and humbled for Joab unwillingly executed the king’s orders.
them. 7 And God was displeased with this thing that
5 Another battle also was fought against the was commanded: and he struck Israel.
Philistines, in which Adeodatus the son of Saltus 8 And David said to God: I have sinned ex-
a Bethlehemite slew the brother of Goliath the ceedingly in doing this: I beseech thee take away
Gethite, the staff of whose spear was like a the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done fool-
weaver’s beam. ishly.
6 There was another battle also in Geth, in 9 And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer of
which there was a man of great stature, whose David, saying:
fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each 10 Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus