⁹ When David’s young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David, and then they waited.

⁷ He said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars; the land is still ours because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

¹⁵ When the company of prophets who were at Jericho saw him at a distance, they declared, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.^(A)

⁴ and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.^(A)