10 But the king said, ^c“What have I to do with you, ^dyou sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”

David’s Census Brings Pestilence

1 ^fThen ^gSatan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.

2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Go, number Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number.”

David Spares Saul’s Life

1 ^yWhen Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.”

23 ⁿAnd God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem ^odealt treacherously with Abimelech,