For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.
There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.
Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”
And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God's camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts!
So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel. And David brought up his men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron. And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”
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