Whowill bringme into the besiegedcity?Whowill leadme to Edom?
"The sceptershall not departfrom Judah,Northe ruler'sstafffrom betweenhis feet,UntilShilohcomes,And to him [shall be] the obedienceof the peoples.
Then it happenedin the spring,at the timewhen kingsgoout [to battle], that DavidsentJoaband his servantswith him and allIsrael,and they destroyedthe sonsof Ammonand besiegedRabbah.But Davidstayedat Jerusalem.
Now Davidhad said,"Whoeverstrikesdowna Jebusitefirstshall be chiefand commander."Joabthe sonof Zeruiahwentup first,so he becamechief.
And Calebsaid,"The one whoattacksKiriath-sepherand capturesit, I will even givehim my daughterAchsahfor a wife."
