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Judges 1:12
Caleb said,“ I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.”
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Judges 1:24-25
The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him,“ Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.
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1 Chronicles 11 17-1 Chronicles 11 19
David longed, and said,“ Oh that one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”The three broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; but David would not drink any of it, but poured it out to Yahweh,and said,“ My God forbid me, that I should do this! Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy?” For they risked their lives to bring it. Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.
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1 Chronicles 11 6
David said,“ Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain.” Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.
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2 Samuel 12 26-2 Samuel 12 31
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.Joab sent messengers to David, and said,“ I have fought against Rabbah. Yes, I have taken the city of waters.Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name.”David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.He took the crown of their king from off his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David’s head. He brought a great quantity of plunder out of the city.He brought out the people who were in it, and put them under saws, under iron picks, under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln; and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 11 1
At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
