²⁷ And they reported to him and said, “We came to the land to which you sent us; it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.^(A)

⁵ All these were fortress towns with high walls, double gates, and bars, besides a great many villages.

¹¹ houses filled with all sorts of goods that you did not fill, hewn cisterns that you did not hew, vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you have eaten your fill,^(A)

⁶⁶ On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their tents joyful and in good spirits because of all the goodness that the Lord had shown to his servant David and to his people Israel.