He gathered men around him and became the leader of a band of rebels when David destroyed the forces of Zobah; the rebels went to Damascus, where they settled and took control.

大卫击杀琐巴人的时候，利逊招聚了一群人，自己作他们的头目，往大马色居住，在那里作王。

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In the north, Mr Museveni's troops have struggled to quell the Lord's Resistance Army, a band of murderous, child-abducting religious rebels.

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