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Judges 1:12
Caleb said,“ I will give my daughter Aksah to be married. I’ll give her to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.”
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Judges 1:24-25
Those who were sent saw a man coming out of the city. They said to him,“ Show us how to get into the city. If you do, we’ll see that you are treated well.”So he showed them how to get in. The men of Joseph killed the people in the city with their swords. But they spared the man from Bethel. They also spared his whole family.
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1 Chronicles 11 17-1 Chronicles 11 19
David really wanted some water. He said,“ I wish someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”So the three mighty warriors fought their way past the Philistine guards. They got some water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem. They took the water back to David. But David refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord.“ I would never drink that water!” David said.“ It would be like drinking the blood of these men. They put their lives in danger by going to Bethlehem.” The men had put their lives in danger by bringing the water back. So David wouldn’t drink it. Those were some of the brave things the three mighty warriors did.
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1 Chronicles 11 6
David had said,“ Anyone who leads the attack against the Jebusites will become the commander of Israel’s army.” Joab went up first. So he became the commander of the army. He was the son of Zeruiah.
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2 Samuel 12 26-2 Samuel 12 31
During that time, Joab fought against Rabbah. It was the royal city of the Ammonites. It had high walls around it. Joab was about to capture it.He sent messengers to David. He told them to say,“ I have fought against Rabbah. I’ve taken control of its water supply.So bring the rest of the troops together. Surround the city and get ready to attack it. Then capture it. If you don’t, I’ll capture it myself. Then it will be named after me.”So David brought together the whole army and went to Rabbah. He attacked it and captured it.David took the gold crown off the head of the king of Ammon. Then the crown was placed on David’s head. The crown weighed 75 pounds. It had jewels in it. David took a huge amount of goods from the city.He brought out the people who were there. He made them work with saws and iron picks and axes. He forced them to make bricks. David did that to all the towns in Ammon. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 11 1
It was spring. It was the time when kings go off to war. So David sent Joab out with the king’s special troops and the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites. They marched to the city of Rabbah. They surrounded it and got ready to attack it. But David remained in Jerusalem.
