159. Wherefore David arose, and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and _David brought their foreskins_, and they gave them in full tale to the king, _that he might be the king's son-in-law_; and Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 1 Samuel xviii. 27. 160. Now King David was old, and stricken in years, and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king, _a young virgin, and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom_, that my lord the king may get heat. So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunamite, and brought her to the king. And the damsel was very fair, _and cherished the king, and ministered to him_, but the king _knew her not_. 1 King i. 1 to 4. 161. And David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. And he took their king's crown from off his head, (the weight whereof was a talent of gold, with the precious stones.) and it was set on David's head, and he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance. And he brought forth the people that were therein, _and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln; and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon_. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem. 2 Samuel xii. 29 to 31. 162. And behold (says David in his _dying moments_ to his son Solomon,) thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse, in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at Jordan, _and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword_. Now therefore hold him not guiltless; for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; _but his hoary head bring thou down to the grave with blood_. 1 Kings ii. 8, 9. SOLOMON. 193. And he had _seven hundred wives_ princesses, and _three hundred concubines_; and his wives turned away his heart. 1 Kings xi. 3. 164. How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O princess daughter! _the joints of thy thighs are like jewels_, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. Thy navel is like a round goblet which wanteth not liquor; thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. Thy neck is a tower of ivory, thine eyes like the fish-pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim; thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon, which looketh toward Damascus. Solomon's Songs vii. 1 to 4. JOSHUA.