along with all their villages that were around these cities as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record.

And they lodged around the house of God, for on them lay the duty of watching, and they had charge of opening it every morning.

And he built the city all around from the Millo in complete circuit, and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

And when David again inquired of God, God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; go around and come against them opposite the balsam trees.