10 But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? ^hIf he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”

David’s Census Brings Pestilence

1 ^mThen Satan stood against Israel and incited David to number Israel.

2 So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Go, number Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number.”

David Spares Saul’s Life

1 When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.”

23 And ^pGod sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech,