"For the king, before whom I also speak freely, knows these things; for I am convinced that none of these things escapes his attention, since this thing was not done in a corner.

"Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so [Abraham] begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac [begot] Jacob, and Jacob [begot] the twelve patriarchs.

" And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him

Now consider how great this man [was,] to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils.

"For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption;

So David rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David.