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Judges 1:12
Caleb said,“ To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife.”
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Judges 1:24-25
the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him,“ If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.
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1 Chronicles 11 17-1 Chronicles 11 19
David was thirsty and said,“ How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!”So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate. They carried it back to David, but David refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the LORDand said,“ God forbid that I should do this! Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors.
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1 Chronicles 11 6
David said,“ Whoever attacks the Jebusites first will become commanding general!” So Joab son of Zeruiah attacked first and became commander.
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2 Samuel 12 26-2 Samuel 12 31
So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city.Joab then sent messengers to David, saying,“ I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.So now assemble the rest of the army and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city and it will be named for me.”So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.He took the crown of their king from his head– it was gold, weighed about seventy-five pounds, and held a precious stone– and it was placed on David’s head. He also took from the city a great deal of plunder.He removed the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 11 1
In the spring of the year, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, David sent out Joab with his officers and the entire Israelite army. They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem.
