¹⁶ David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.^(A)

¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command you.^(A)

¹⁷ If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

⁵ His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

⁶⁷ They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,^(A)

²⁵ David did just as the Lord had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from Geba all the way to Gezer.^(A)

¹⁰ They did not, however, drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived within Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.^(A)

⁴² The Israelites had done all of the work as the Lord had commanded Moses. ⁴³ When Moses saw that they had done all the work as the Lord had commanded, he blessed them.^(A)

²² Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.^(A)