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As soon as David was told how the men had been treated, he sent someone to meet them, since the men were overcome with shame. 'Stay in Jericho,' the king said, 'until your beards have grown, and come back then.' (1 Chronicles 19, 5)
They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and the king of Maacah with his people, who came and encamped before Medeba, while the Ammonites, having left their towns and mustered, were advancing to the war. (1 Chronicles 19, 7)
Joab, seeing that he had to fight on two fronts, to his front and to his rear, chose the best of Israel's picked men and drew them up in line facing the Aramaeans. (1 Chronicles 19, 10)
The Aramaeans, realising that Israel had got the better of them, sent messengers and mobilised the Aramaeans living on the other side of the River, with Shophach, commander of Hadadezer's army, at their head. (1 Chronicles 19, 16)
David, being informed of this, mustered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, made contact with them and took up position near them. David drew up his line of battle facing the Aramaeans, who then engaged him. (1 Chronicles 19, 17)
But the Aramaeans fled from Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their chariot teams and forty thousand men; and also Shophach, the commander of the army. (1 Chronicles 19, 18)
When Hadadezer's vassals saw that Israel had got the better of them, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Aramaeans were unwilling to give any more help to the Ammonites. (1 Chronicles 19, 19)
When he defied Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, brother of David cut him down. (1 Chronicles 20, 7)
Satan took his stand against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. (1 Chronicles 21, 1)
David said to Joab and the people's princes, 'Go, and take a census of Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, then bring it back to me and let me know the total.' (1 Chronicles 21, 2)
Joab replied, 'May Yahweh multiply his people to a hundred times what they are today! But my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants in any case? Why should my lord insist on this? Why should he involve Israel in guilt?' (1 Chronicles 21, 3)
But the king enforced his order on Joab, and Joab set out, travelled throughout all Israel, and then returned to Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles 21, 4)
