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Judges 1:12
Caleb said,“ Whoever attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher, I will give my daughter Achsah to him as a wife.”
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Judges 1:24-25
The spies saw a man coming out of the town and said to him,“ Please show us how to get into town, and we will show you kindness.”When he showed them the way into the town, they put the town to the sword but released the man and his entire family.
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1 Chronicles 11 17-1 Chronicles 11 19
David was extremely thirsty and said,“ If only someone would bring me water to drink from the well at the city gate of Bethlehem!”So the Three broke through the Philistine camp and drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem. They brought it back to David, but he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out to the LORD.David said,“ I would never do such a thing in the presence of my God! How can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” For they brought it at the risk of their lives. So he would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the three warriors.
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1 Chronicles 11 6
David said,“ Whoever is the first to kill a Jebusite will become chief commander.” Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became the chief.
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2 Samuel 12 26-2 Samuel 12 31
Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.Then Joab sent messengers to David to say,“ I have fought against Rabbah and have also captured its water supply.Now therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will be the one to capture the city, and it will be named after me.”So David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; he fought against it and captured it.He took the crown from the head of their king, and it was placed on David’s head. The crown weighed seventy-five pounds of gold, and it had a precious stone in it. In addition, David took away a large quantity of plunder from the city.He removed the people who were in the city and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to labor at brickmaking. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then he and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 11 1
In the spring when kings march out to war, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
