Then David called one of the soldiers<n id="1" /> and said, &#8220;Come here and strike him down!&#8221; So he struck him down, and he died.

But David&#8217;s soldiers had slaughtered the Benjaminites and Abner&#8217;s men &#8211; in all, 360 men had died!

<p class="bodytext">When King Toi<n id="1" /> of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

<p class="bodytext">David became famous<n id="1" /> when he returned from defeating the Arameans<n id="2" /> in the Valley of Salt, he defeated<n id="3" /> 18,000 in all.

Then ten soldiers who were Joab&#8217;s armor bearers struck Absalom and finished him off.p>

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David&#8217;s brother Shimeah, killed him.

But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended<n id="1" /> it and defeated the Philistines; the <sc>Lordsc> gave them a great victory.p>

<p class="bodytext">Benaiah son of Jehoida was a brave warrior<n id="1" /> from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab.<n id="2" /> He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day.

<t /><p class="bodytext">After the death of Saul,<n id="1" /> when David had returned from defeating the Amalekites,<n id="2" /> he stayed at Ziklag<n id="3" /> for two days.

So Abner spoke again to Asahel, &#8220;Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground.<n id="1" /> How then could I show<n id="2" /> my face in the presence of Joab your brother?&#8221;

They<n id="1" /> entered the house under the pretense of getting wheat and mortally wounded him<n id="2" /> in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped.p>

When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, act decisively. For at that moment the <sc>Lordsc> is going before you to strike down the army<n id="1" /> of the Philistines.&#8221;

David did just as the <sc>Lordsc> commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from Gibeon all the way to Gezer.<n id="1" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> was so furious with Uzzah,<n id="1" /> he<n id="2" /> killed him on the spot<n id="3" /> for his negligence.<n id="4" /> He died right there beside the ark of God.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. David took Metheg Ammah<n id="1" /> from the Philistines.<n id="2" />

David defeated King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah when he came to reestablish<n id="1" /> his authority<n id="2" /> over the Euphrates<n id="3" /> River.

The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.

In the letter he wrote: &#8220;Station Uriah in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">While they were still on their way, the following report reached David: &#8220;Absalom has killed all the king&#8217;s sons; not one of them is left!&#8221;

Your servant<n id="1" /> has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him.