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-\v 1 Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people, died; then his son Hanun became their king.
-\v 2 David thought to himself, "Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son." So David sent some officials there, to tell Hanun that David was sorry that Hanun's father had died.
+\v 1 Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammonite people, died; then his son Hanun became their king.
+\v 2 David thought to himself, "Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son." So David sent some officials there to tell Hanun that David was sorry that Hanun's father had died.
 \p When those messengers arrived in the land of Ammon,
 \v 3 the Ammonite leaders said to Hanun, "Do you think that it is to honor your father that David has sent these men to say that he is sorry that you father died? We think that he has sent them here to look around the city to determine how his army can conquer us!"
 
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-\v 4 Hanun believed what they said. So he commanded some soldiers to seize David's officials and insult them by shaving off one side of their beards, and by cutting off the lower part of their robes, with the result that their buttocks could be seen, and then they sent them away.
+\v 4 Hanun believed what they said. So he commanded some soldiers to seize David's officials and insult them by shaving off one side of their beards and by cutting off the lower part of their robes, with the result that their buttocks could be seen, and then they sent them away.
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 \v 5 The men were very humiliated, so they did not want to return home. When David found out about what had happened to his officials, he sent someone to tell them, "Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown again, and then return home."
 
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 \v 6 Then the Ammonite leaders realized that they had greatly insulted David. So they sent some men to hire some soldiers from other nearby areas to help defend them. They hired twenty thousand soldiers from the regions of Beth Rehob and Zobah northeast of Israel, and twelve thousand soldiers from the region of Tob, and one thousand soldiers from the army of the king of the region of Maakah.
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 \v 7 When David heard about that, he sent Joab with all of the Israelite army to fight against them.
-\v 8 The Ammonite soldiers came outside their city gate and stood in a line ready for battle. At the same time, the foreign soldiers whom their king had hired grouped themselves in the open fields nearby.
+\v 8 The Ammonite soldiers came outside of their city gate and stood in a line ready for battle. At the same time, the foreign soldiers whom their king had hired grouped themselves in the open fields nearby.
 
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-\v 9 Joab saw that there were enemy soldiers in front of his troops and behind his troops. So he chose some of the best Israelite soldiers, and put them in positions to fight against the soldiers in the fields.
+\v 9 Joab saw that there were enemy soldiers in front of his troops and behind his troops. So he chose some of the best Israelite soldiers and put them in positions to fight against the soldiers in the fields.
 \v 10 He told his brother Abishai to command the other soldiers, those who were facing the Ammonite soldiers in front of their city gate.
 
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 \v 11 Then Joab said, "If the soldiers from Aram are too strong for us to defeat them, your men must come and help us. But if the Ammonite soldiers are too strong for you, we will come and help your men.
-\v 12 We must be strong and fight hard to defend our people and the cities that belong to our God. I will pray that Yahweh do what he considers to be good."
+\v 12 We must be strong and fight hard to defend our people and the cities that belong to our God. I will pray that Yahweh will do what he considers to be good."
 
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 \v 17 When David heard about that, he gathered all the Israelite soldiers, and they crossed the Jordan River and marched to Helam. There the army of Aram took their positions, and the battle started.
-\v 18 But the Aramites ran away from the Israelite soldiers. David and his army killed seven hundred of their chariot soldiers and forty thousand other soldiers. They also wounded Shobak, their commander, and he died there.
+\v 18 But the Arameans ran away from the Israelite soldiers. David and his army killed seven hundred of their chariot soldiers and forty thousand other soldiers. They also wounded Shobak their commander, and he died there.
 \v 19 When all the kings whom Hadadezer ruled realized that Israel had defeated them, they made peace with the Israelites and agreed to accept David as their king. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites any longer, because they were afraid of Israel.
 
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-\v 1 In that region, kings usually went with their armies to fight their enemies in the springtime. But the following year, in the springtime, David did not do that. Instead, he stayed in Jerusalem, and he sent his commander Joab to lead the army. So Joab went with the other officers and the rest of the Israelite army. They crossed the Jordan River and defeated the army of the Ammon people. Then they surrounded their capital city, Rabbah.
+\v 1 In that region, kings usually went with their armies to fight their enemies in the springtime. But the following year, in the springtime, David did not do that. Instead, he stayed in Jerusalem, and he sent his commander Joab to lead the army. So Joab went with the other officers and the rest of the Israelite army. They crossed the Jordan River and defeated the army of the Ammonite people. Then they surrounded their capital city, Rabbah.
 
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-\v 6 Then David sent a message to Joab. He said, "Send Uriah, who is from the Heth people, to me." So Joab did that. He sent Uriah to David.
-\v 7 When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
+\v 6 Then David sent a message to Joab. He said, "Send me Uriah who is from the Heth people." So Joab did that. He sent Uriah to David.
+\v 7 When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, if the other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing.
 \v 8 Then David, hoping that Uriah would go home and sleep with his wife, said to Uriah, "Now go home and relax for a while." So Uriah left, and David gave someone a gift to take to Uriah's house.
 
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-\v 14 Someone reported that to David, so the next morning he wrote a letter to Joab, and gave it to Uriah to take to Joab.
-\v 15 In the letter, he wrote, "Put Uriah in the front line, where the fighting is the worst. Then command the soldiers to pull back from him, in order that our enemies will kill him."
+\v 14 Someone reported that to David, so the next morning he wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah to take to Joab.
+\v 15 In the letter he wrote, "Put Uriah in the front line where the fighting is the worst. Then command the soldiers to pull back from him so that our enemies will kill him."
 
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 \v 20 if David is angry because so many officers were killed, he may ask you, 'Why did your soldiers go so close to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot arrows at you from the top of the city wall?
 
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-\v 21 Do you not remember how Abimelech son of Gideon was killed? A woman who lived in Thebez threw a huge millstone on him from the top of a tower, and he died. So why did our troops go near to the city wall?' If the king asks this, then tell him, 'And, your servant Uriah was also killed.'"
+\v 21 Do you not remember how Abimelek son of Gideon was killed? A woman who lived in Thebez threw a huge millstone on him from the top of a tower, and he died. So why did our troops go near to the city wall?' If the king asks this, then tell him, 'Your servant Uriah was also killed.'"
 
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 \v 22 So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say.
-\v 23 The messenger said to David, "Our enemies were very brave, and came out of the city to fight us in the fields. They were driving us back at first, but then we forced them back to the city gate.
+\v 23 The messenger said to David, "Our enemies were very brave and came out of the city to fight us in the fields. They were driving us back at first, but then we forced them back to the city gate.
 
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-\v 24 Then their archers shot arrows at us from the top of the city wall. They killed some of your officers. And, your servant Uriah was also killed."
+\v 24 Then their archers shot arrows at us from the top of the city wall. They killed some of your officers, and your servant Uriah was also killed."
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 \v 25 David said to the messenger, "Go back to Joab and say to him, 'Do not worry about what happened, because no one ever knows who will die in battle.' Tell him that the next time, his troops should attack the city more strongly and capture it. Encourage Joab in this way."
 
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-\v 1 Yahweh told the prophet Nathan what David had done, and he sent Nathan to tell this story to David, "Once there were two men in a certain city. One man was rich and the other was poor.
-\v 2 The rich man owned a lot of cattle and sheep.
+\v 1 Yahweh told the prophet Nathan what David had done, and he sent Nathan to tell this story to David: "Once there were two men in a certain city. One man was rich and the other was poor.
+\v 2 The rich man owned many cattle and sheep.
 \v 3 But the poor man had only one little female lamb, which he had bought. He raised the lamb, and it grew up with his own children. He would give the lamb some of his own food and let it drink from his cup. He let the lamb sleep as he held it next to himself. The lamb was like a daughter to him.
 
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-\v 4 One day a visitor came to see the rich man. The rich man did not want to take one of his own animals and kill it to prepare a meal for his guest. So instead, he sent men to take the poor man's lamb; then he had someone kill it and prepare a meal with it for his guest."
+\v 4 One day, a visitor came to see the rich man. The rich man did not want to take one of his own animals and kill it to prepare a meal for his guest. So instead, he sent men to take the poor man's lamb; then he had someone kill it and prepare a meal with it for his guest."
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 \v 5 When David heard that, he was very angry. He said to Nathan, "I solemnly declare that the man who did that should be executed!
-\v 6 He should at least pay back to the poor man four lambs for doing this, and for not having pity on the poor man."
+\v 6 He should at least pay back to the poor man four lambs for doing this and for not having pity on the poor man."
 
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 \v 16 So David prayed to God that the child would not die. He fasted, and he went into his room and lay all night on the floor.
-\v 17 The next morning his most important servants stood around him and tried to urge him to get up. But he would not get up, and he would not eat with them.
+\v 17 The next morning, his most important servants stood around him and tried to urge him to get up. But he would not get up, and he would not eat with them.
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-\v 18 One week later the baby died. David's servants were afraid to tell that to David. They said to each other, "While the baby was still alive, we talked to him, but he would not answer us. Now, if we tell him that the baby is dead, he may do something to harm himself!"
+\v 18 One week later, the baby died. David's servants were afraid to tell that to David. They said to each other, "While the baby was still alive, we talked to him, but he would not answer us. Now, if we tell him that the baby is dead, he may do something to harm himself!"
 
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 \v 21 Then his servants said to him, "We do not understand why you have done this! While the baby was still alive, you cried for him and refused to eat anything. But now that the baby has died, you are not crying anymore. You got up and ate some food!"
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-\v 22 He replied, "While the baby was still alive I fasted and cried. I thought, 'Perhaps Yahweh will act mercifully toward me and not allow the baby to die.'
+\v 22 He replied, "While the baby was still alive, I fasted and cried. I thought, 'Perhaps Yahweh will act mercifully toward me and not allow the baby to die.'
 \v 23 But now the baby is dead. So there is no reason for me to fast anymore. I cannot bring him back to myself. One day I will go to where he is, but he will not return to me."
 
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-\v 24 Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba. Then he slept with her, and she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. David named that boy Solomon. Yahweh loved this little boy.
-\v 25 He told the prophet Nathan to tell David to name the baby boy Jedidiah, because Yahweh loved him.
+\v 24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba. Then he slept with her, and she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. David named that boy Solomon. Yahweh loved this little boy.
+\v 25 He told the prophet Nathan to tell David to name the baby boy Jedidiah because Yahweh loved him.
 
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-\v 26 Meanwhile, Joab's soldiers attacked Rabbah, the capital city of the Ammon people. They captured the king's fortress, which protected the water supply.
+\v 26 Meanwhile, Joab's soldiers attacked Rabbah, the capital city of the Ammonite people. They captured the king's fortress, which protected the water supply.
 \v 27 Then Joab sent messengers to David to tell him this, "My troops are attacking Rabbah, and we have captured the city's water supply.
-\v 28 Now gather your troops and come and surround the city and capture it. If you do not do that, my troops will capture the city and it will then be named for me instead: The City of Joab."
+\v 28 Now gather your troops and come and surround the city and capture it. If you do not do that, my troops will capture the city, and it will then be named for me instead: The City of Joab."
 
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-\v 29 So David gathered all his troops. They went to Rabbah, attacked it, and captured it.
+\v 29 So David gathered all of his troops. They went to Rabbah, attacked it, and captured it.
 \v 30 Then David took the crown from the head of their king and put it on his own head. It was very heavy; it weighed about thirty-three kilograms, and it had a very valuable stone in it. His soldiers also took many other valuable things from the city.
 
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-\v 31 Then they brought the people out of the city and forced them to work for them, using saws, iron picks, and axes. David's troops also forced them to make bricks. David's soldiers did this in all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all of his army returned to Jerusalem.
+\v 31 Then they brought the people out of the city and forced them to work for them using saws, iron picks, and axes. David's troops also forced them to make bricks. David's soldiers did this in all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all of his army returned to Jerusalem.
 
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