One of them, called Caleb, said, "I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the man who succeeds in capturing Kiriath Sepher."

who saw a man leaving and said to him, "Show us how to get into the city, and we won't hurt you."

So he showed them, and the people of Ephraim and Manasseh killed everyone in the city, except this man and his family.

David said, "The first man to kill a Jebusite will be commander of the army!" Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, led the attack and became commander.

David got homesick and said, "How I wish someone would bring me a drink of water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem!"

and said, "I could never drink this! It would be like drinking the blood of these men who risked their lives!" So he refused to drink it. These were the brave deeds of the three famous soldiers.

The following spring, at the time of the year when kings usually go to war, David sent out Joab with his officers and the Israelite army; they defeated the Ammonites and besieged the city of Rabbah. But David himself stayed in Jerusalem.

Meanwhile Joab continued his campaign against Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon, and was about to capture it.

Now gather the rest of your forces, attack the city and take it yourself. I don't want to get the credit for capturing it."

From the head of the idol of the Ammonite god Molech David took a gold crown which weighed about seventy-five pounds and had a jewel in it. David took the jewel and put it in his own crown. He also took a large amount of loot from the city