2 Samuel 11:1-21:14
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h i In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged j Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
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It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on k the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
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And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, "Is not this l Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of m Uriah the Hittite?"
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So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. ( n Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned to her house.
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And the woman conceived, and she sent and told David, "I am pregnant."
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So David sent word to Joab, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab was doing and how the people were doing and how the war was going.
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Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house and o wash your feet." And Uriah went out of the king's house, and there followed him a present from the king.
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But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
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When they told David, "Uriah did not go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?"
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Uriah said to David, p "The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths, and my lord Joab and q the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and r as your soul lives, I will not do this thing."
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Then David said to Uriah, "Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
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And David invited him, and he ate in his presence and drank, s so that he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with q the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
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In the morning David t wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
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In the letter he wrote, "Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, u that he may be struck down, and die."
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And as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men.
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And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite also died.
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Then Joab sent and told David all the news about the fighting.
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And he instructed the messenger, "When you have finished telling all the news about the fighting to the king,
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then, if the king's anger rises, and if he says to you, 'Why did you go so near the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?
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v Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' then you shall say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"
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So the messenger went and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to tell.
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The messenger said to David, "The men gained an advantage over us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
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Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall. Some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also."
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David said to the messenger, "Thus shall you say to Joab, 'Do not let this matter trouble you, for the sword devours now one and now another. Strengthen your attack against the city and overthrow it.' And encourage him."
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When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she lamented over her husband.
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And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and w she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
2 Samuel 12
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And the Lord sent x Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, y "There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.
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The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
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but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children. It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
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Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him."
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Then David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, z "As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die,
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and he shall restore the lamb a fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity."
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Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, b 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
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And I gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more.
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c Why have you despised the word of the Lord, d to do what is evil in his sight? e You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and f have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
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Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'
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Thus says the Lord, 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
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For you did it secretly, g but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.'"
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h David said to Nathan, i "I have sinned against the Lord." And Nathan said to David, j "The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
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Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly k scorned the Lord, the child who is born to you shall die."
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Then Nathan went to his house. And the Lord afflicted the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and he became sick.
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David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David l fasted and went in m and lay all night on the ground.
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And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
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On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, "Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us. How then can we say to him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm."
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But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David understood that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" They said, "He is dead."
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Then David arose from the earth n and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the Lord o and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.
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Then his servants said to him, "What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child died, you arose and ate food."
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He said, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, p 'Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?'
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But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, q but he will not return to me."
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Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her, and r she bore a son, and he called his name s Solomon. And the Lord loved him
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and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.
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t Now Joab u fought against v Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city.
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And Joab sent messengers to David and said, "I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of waters.
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Now then gather the rest of the people together and encamp against the city and take it, lest I take the city and it be called by my name."
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So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it.
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And he took the crown of their king from his head. The weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone, and it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.
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And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and iron axes and made them toil at the brick kilns. And thus he did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 13
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Now w Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was x Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David's son, loved her.
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And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.
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But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of y Shimeah, David's brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man.
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And he said to him, "O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?" Amnon said to him, "I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister."
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Jonadab said to him, "Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, 'Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.'"
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So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. And when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come and z make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand."
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Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go to your brother Amnon's house and prepare food for him."
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So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house, where he was lying down. And she took dough and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and baked the cakes.
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And she took the pan and emptied it out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, a "Send out everyone from me." So everyone went out from him.
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Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat from your hand." And Tamar took the cakes she had made and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
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But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister."
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She answered him, "No, my brother, do not violate me, for b such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this c outrageous thing.
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As for me, where could I carry my shame? And as for you, you would be as one of d the outrageous fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you."
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But he would not listen to her, and being stronger than she, he violated her and lay with her.
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Then Amnon hated her with very great hatred, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, "Get up! Go!"
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But she said to him, "No, my brother, for this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you did to me." But he would not listen to her.
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He called the young man who served him and said, "Put this woman out of my presence and bolt the door after her."
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Now she was wearing e a long robe with sleeves, for thus were the virgin daughters of the king dressed. So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her.
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And Tamar f put ashes on her head and g tore the long robe that she wore. And h she laid her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.
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And her brother Absalom said to her, "Has Amnon your brother been with you? Now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this to heart." So Tamar lived, a desolate woman, in her brother Absalom's house.
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When King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.
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But Absalom spoke to Amnon i neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.
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After two full years Absalom had j sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
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And Absalom came to the king and said, "Behold, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant."
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But the king said to Absalom, "No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you." He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing.
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Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us." And the king said to him, "Why should he go with you?"
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But Absalom pressed him until he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
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Then Absalom commanded his servants, "Mark when Amnon's k heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, 'Strike Amnon,' then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant."
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So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and each mounted his mule and fled.
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While they were on the way, news came to David, "Absalom has struck down all the king's sons, and not one of them is left."
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Then the king arose and l tore his garments and m lay on the earth. And all his servants who were standing by tore their garments.
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But n Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, "Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the king's sons, for Amnon alone is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day he violated his sister Tamar.
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Now therefore let not my lord the king so o take it to heart as to suppose that all the king's sons are dead, for Amnon alone is dead."
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p But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain.
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And Jonadab said to the king, "Behold, the king's sons have come; as your servant said, so it has come about."
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And as soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the king's sons came and lifted up their voice and wept. And the king also and all his servants wept very bitterly.
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q But Absalom fled and went to r Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of s Geshur. And David mourned for his son day after day.
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q So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
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And the spirit of the king longed to go out to Absalom, because t he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.
2 Samuel 14
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Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew u that the king's heart went out to Absalom.
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And Joab sent to v Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, "Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. w Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.
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Go to the king and speak thus to him." So Joab x put the words in her mouth.
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When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, y she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, z "Save me, O king."
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And the king said to her, "What is your trouble?" She answered, a "Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.
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And your servant had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
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And now the whole clan has risen against your servant, and they say, 'Give up the man who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed.' And so they would b destroy the heir also. Thus they would quench my coal that is left and leave to my husband neither name nor c remnant on the face of the earth."
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Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."
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And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, d "On me be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father's house; let the king and his throne be guiltless."
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The king said, "If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall never touch you again."
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Then she said, "Please let the king invoke the Lord your God, that e the avenger of blood kill no more, and my son be not destroyed." He said, f "As the Lord lives, g not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground."
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Then the woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Speak."
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And the woman said, "Why then have you planned such a thing against h the people of God? For in giving this decision the king convicts himself, inasmuch as the king does not bring i his banished one home again.
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We must all die; we are j like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means k so that the banished one will not remain an outcast.
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Now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid, and your servant thought, 'I will speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
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For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from l the heritage of God.'
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And your servant thought, 'The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,' for my lord the king is m like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!"
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Then the king answered the woman, "Do not hide from me anything I ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."
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The king said, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?" The woman answered and said, n "As surely as you live, my lord the king, one cannot turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. It was your servant Joab who commanded me; o it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant.
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In order to change the course of things your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of m the angel of God to know all things that are on the earth."
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Then the king said to Joab, "Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom."
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And Joab fell on his face to the ground and paid homage p and blessed the king. And Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant."
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So Joab arose and went to q Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
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And the king said, "Let him dwell apart in his own house; he is not to come into my presence." So Absalom lived apart in his own house and did not come into the king's presence.
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Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. r From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
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And when he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he s cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels by the king's weight.
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There were born t to Absalom three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.
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So Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without coming into the king's presence.
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Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but Joab would not come.
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Then he said to his servants, "See, Joab's field is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
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Then Joab arose and went to Absalom at his house and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"
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Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent word to you, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, "Why have I come from q Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still." Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, u and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.'"
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Then Joab went to the king and told him, and he summoned Absalom. So he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.
2 Samuel 15
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After this Absalom v got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
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And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside w the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, "From what city are you?" And when he said, "Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,"
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Absalom would say to him, "See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you."
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Then Absalom would say, x "Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice."
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And whenever a man came near to pay homage to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.
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Thus Absalom did to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
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And at the end of four years Absalom said to the king, "Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the Lord, in Hebron.
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For your servant z vowed a vow a while I lived at Geshur in Aram, saying, 'If the Lord will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will offer worship to the Lord.'"
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The king said to him, b "Go in peace." So he arose and went to Hebron.
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But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, 'Absalom is king at Hebron!'"
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With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem c who were invited guests, and they went in their innocence and knew nothing.
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And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for d Ahithophel the Gilonite, e David's counselor, from his city f Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom g kept increasing.
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And a messenger came to David, saying, h "The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom."
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Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us i flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword."
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And the king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides."
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So the king went out, and all his household after him. And the king left j ten concubines to keep the house.
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And the king went out, and all the people after him. And they halted at the last house.
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And k all his servants passed by him, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from l Gath, passed on before the king.
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Then the king said to m Ittai the Gittite, "Why do you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home.
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You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go n I know not where? Go back and take your brothers with you, and may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you."
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But Ittai answered the king, o "As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, p wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be."
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And David said to Ittai, "Go then, pass on." So Ittai the Gittite passed on with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.
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And all the land wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed q the brook r Kidron, and all the people passed on toward s the wilderness.
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And t Abiathar came up, and behold, u Zadok came also with all the Levites, v bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God until the people had all passed out of the city.
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Then the king said to Zadok, "Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will w bring me back and let me see both it and his x dwelling place.
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But if he says, 'I have no y pleasure in you,' behold, here I am, z let him do to me what seems good to him."
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The king also said to Zadok the priest, "Are you not a a seer? Go back to the city in peace, with b your two sons, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
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See, I will wait at c the fords of s the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me."
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So Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they remained there.
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But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, d barefoot and e with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, f weeping as they went.
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And it was told David, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O Lord, please g turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness."
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While David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai h the Archite came to meet him i with his coat torn and i dirt on his head.
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David said to him, "If you go on with me, you will be j a burden to me.
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But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, k 'I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,' then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
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Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So whatever you hear from the king's house, l tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
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Behold, m their two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son, m and by them you shall send to me everything you hear."
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So Hushai, n David's friend, came into the city, o just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 16
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When David had passed a little beyond p the summit, q Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, r a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
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And the king said to Ziba, "Why have you brought these?" Ziba answered, s "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who t faint in the wilderness to drink."
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And the king said, "And where is your master's son?" u Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.'"
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Then the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours." And Ziba said, "I pay homage; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king."
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When King David came to v Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was w Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came x he cursed continually.
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And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
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And Shimei said as he x cursed, "Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man!
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The Lord y has avenged on you all z the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood."
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Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this a dead dog b curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head."
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But the king said, c "What have I to do with you, d you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, 'Curse David,' who then shall say, 'Why have you done so?'"
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And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Behold, e my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.
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It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me, and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing today."
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So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and f cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust.
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And the king, and all the people who were with him, g arrived weary at the Jordan. And there he refreshed himself.
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h Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
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And when Hushai the Archite, h David's friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, i "Long live the king! Long live the king!"
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And Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your loyalty to your friend? j Why did you not go with your friend?"
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And Hushai said to Absalom, "No, for whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain.
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And again, k whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you."
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Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel. What shall we do?"
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Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to l your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and m the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened."
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So they pitched a tent for Absalom n on the roof. And Absalom went in to his father's concubines o in the sight of all Israel.
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Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, p both by David and by Absalom.
2 Samuel 17
1
Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight.
2
I will come upon him while he is q weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. r I will strike down only the king,
3
and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all the people will be at peace."
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And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
5
Then Absalom said, "Call s Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."
6
And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "Thus has Ahithophel spoken; shall we do as he says? If not, you speak."
7
Then Hushai said to Absalom, "This time the counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good."
8
Hushai said, "You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged, t like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.
9
Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits or in some other place. And as soon as some of the people fall at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, 'There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.'
10
Then even the valiant man, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly u melt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are valiant men.
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But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, v from Dan to Beersheba, w as the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.
12
So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left.
13
If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we shall drag it into the valley, until not even a pebble is to be found there."
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And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." x For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
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y Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, "Thus and so did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so have I counseled.
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Now therefore send quickly and tell David, 'Do not stay tonight at z the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be a swallowed up.'"
17
Now b Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at c En-rogel. A female servant was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they were not to be seen entering the city.
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But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So both of them went away quickly and came to the house of a man at d Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard. And they went down into it.
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e And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth and scattered grain on it, and nothing was known of it.
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When Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" And the woman said to them, "They have gone over the brook of water." And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
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After they had gone, the men came up out of the well, and went and told King David. They said to David, f "Arise, and go quickly over the water, for thus and so has Ahithophel counseled against you."
22
Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed the Jordan. By daybreak not one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.
23
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to g his own city. He h set his house in order and i hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
24
Then David came to j Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
25
Now Absalom had set k Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigal the daughter of l Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
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And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
27
When David came to Mahanaim, m Shobi the son of Nahash from n Rabbah of the Ammonites, and o Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and p Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,
28
brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans and lentils,
29
honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, "The people are hungry and q weary and thirsty r in the wilderness."
2 Samuel 18
1
Then David mustered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.
2
And David sent out the army, one third under the command of Joab, one third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one third under the command of s Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the men, "I myself will also go out with you."
3
t But the men said, "You shall not go out. For if we flee, they will not care about us. If half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore it is better that you send us help from the city."
4
The king said to them, "Whatever seems best to you I will do." So the king stood at the side of the gate, while all the army marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
5
And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom." u And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom.
6
So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the v forest of Ephraim.
7
And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the loss there was great on that day, twenty thousand men.
8
The battle spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword.
9
And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, w and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.
10
And a certain man saw it and told Joab, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak."
11
Joab said to the man who told him, "What, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have been glad to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt."
12
But the man said to Joab, "Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not reach out my hand against the king's son, for x in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, 'For my sake protect the young man Absalom.'
13
On the other hand, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof."
14
Joab said, "I will not waste time like this with you." And he took three javelins in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak.
15
And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him and killed him.
16
Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained them.
17
And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him y a very great heap of stones. And all Israel z fled every one to his own home.
18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a the pillar that is in b the King's Valley, for he said, c "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument to this day.
19
Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, d "Let me run and carry news to the king that e the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies."
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And Joab said to him, "You are not to carry news today. You may carry news another day, but today you shall carry no news, because the king's son is dead."
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Then Joab said to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen." The Cushite bowed before Joab, and ran.
22
Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, "Come what may, let me also run after the Cushite." And Joab said, "Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?"
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"Come what may," he said, "I will run." So he said to him, "Run." Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of f the plain, and outran the Cushite.
24
Now David g was sitting between the two gates, and h the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he lifted up his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone.
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The watchman called out and told the king. And the king said, "If he is alone, there is news in his mouth." And he drew nearer and nearer.
26
The watchman saw another man running. And the watchman called to the gate and said, "See, another man running alone!" The king said, "He also brings news."
27
The watchman said, "I think the running of the first is i like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok." And the king said, j "He is a good man and comes with good news."
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Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, "All is well." And he bowed before the king with his face to the earth and said, k "Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king."
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And the king said, l "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab sent the king's servant, your servant, I saw a great commotion, but I do not know what it was."
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And the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.
31
And behold, the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, "Good news for my lord the king! For m the Lord has delivered you this day from the hand of all who rose up against you."
32
The king said to the Cushite, l "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" And the Cushite answered, n "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you for evil be like that young man."
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And the king was deeply moved and went up g to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, o "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!"
2 Samuel 19
1
It was told Joab, "Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom."
2
So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for the people heard that day, "The king is grieving for his son."
3
And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.
4
The king p covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, q "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!"
5
Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, "You have today covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who have this day saved your life and the lives of your sons and your daughters and the lives of your wives and your concubines,
6
because you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For you have made it clear today that commanders and servants are nothing to you, for today I know that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then you would be pleased.
7
Now therefore arise, go out and speak r kindly to your servants, for I swear by the Lord, if you do not go, not a man will stay with you this night, and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now."
8
Then the king arose and took his s seat in the gate. And the people were all told, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate." And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had t fled every man to his own home.
9
And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, u "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and v saved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now w he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
10
But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?"
11
And King David sent this message to x Zadok and Abiathar the priests: "Say to the elders of Judah, 'Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king?
12
You are my brothers; y you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?'
13
And say to Amasa, z 'Are you not my bone and my flesh? a God do so to me and more also, if you are not b commander of my army from now on in place of Joab.'"
14
And he swayed the heart of all the men of Judah c as one man, so that they sent word to the king, "Return, both you and all your servants."
15
So the king came back to the Jordan, and Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and to bring the king over the Jordan.
16
And d Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, from Bahurim, hurried to come down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
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And with him were a thousand men from Benjamin. And e Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, with his fifteen sons and his twenty servants, rushed down to the Jordan before the king,
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and they crossed the ford to bring over the king's household and to do his pleasure. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was about to cross the Jordan,
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and said to the king, f "Let not my lord hold me guilty or remember how your servant g did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. Do not let the king take it to heart.
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For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore, behold, I have come this day, the first h of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king."
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Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, "Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because i he cursed the Lord's anointed?"
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But David said, j "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be as an adversary to me? k Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?"
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l And the king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." And the king gave him his oath.
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And m Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety.
25
And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, n "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?"
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He answered, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, 'I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king.' For o your servant is lame.
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p He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is q like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.
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For all my father's house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king, but r you set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right have I, then, to cry to the king?"
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And the king said to him, "Why speak any more of your affairs? I have decided: you and Ziba shall divide the land."
30
And Mephibosheth said to the king, "Oh, let him take it all, since my lord the king has come safely home."
31
Now s Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, and he went on with the king to the Jordan, to escort him over the Jordan.
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Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. t He had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.
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And the king said to Barzillai, "Come over with me, and I will provide for you with me in Jerusalem."
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But Barzillai said to the king, u "How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
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I am this day v eighty years old. Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be w an added burden to my lord the king?
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Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?
37
Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But here is your servant x Chimham. Let him go over with my lord the king, and do for him whatever seems good to you."
38
And the king answered, "Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you, and all that you desire of me I will do for you."
39
Then all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. And y the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own home.
40
The king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him. All the people of Judah, and also half the people of Israel, brought the king on his way.
41
Then all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, "Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away and z brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?"
42
All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "Because the king is a our close relative. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's expense? Or has he given us any gift?"
43
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, "We have b ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?" c But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 20
1
Now there happened to be there d a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said,
e "We have no portion in David,
and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;
f every man to his tents, O Israel!"
2
So all the men of Israel withdrew from David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah followed their king steadfastly from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
3
And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took g the ten concubines whom he had left to care for the house and put them in a house under guard and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as if in widowhood.
4
Then the king said to h Amasa, "Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself."
5
So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he delayed beyond the set time that had been appointed him.
6
And David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take i your lord's servants and pursue him, lest he get himself to fortified cities and escape from us."
7
And there went out after him Joab's men and the j Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men. They went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
8
When they were at the great stone that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing a soldier's garment, and over it was a belt with a sword in its sheath fastened on his thigh, and as he went forward it fell out.
9
And Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with you, my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand k to kiss him.
10
But Amasa did not observe the sword that was in Joab's hand. l So Joab struck him with it m in the stomach and spilled his entrails to the ground without striking a second blow, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
11
And one of Joab's young men took his stand by Amasa and said, "Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab."
12
And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the highway. And anyone who came by, seeing him, stopped. And when the man saw that all the people stopped, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field and threw a garment over him.
13
When he was taken out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
14
And Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to n Abel of n Beth-maacah, and all o the Bichrites assembled and followed him in.
15
And all the men who were with Joab came and besieged him in n Abel of Beth-maacah. p They cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart, and they were battering the wall to throw it down.
16
Then a wise woman called from the city, "Listen! Listen! Tell Joab, 'Come here, that I may speak to you.'"
17
And he came near her, and the woman said, "Are you Joab?" He answered, "I am." Then she said to him, "Listen to the words of your servant." And he answered, "I am listening."
18
Then she said, "They used to say in former times, 'Let them but ask counsel at n Abel,' and so they settled a matter.
19
I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you q swallow up r the heritage of the Lord?"
20
Joab answered, "Far be it from me, far be it, that I should q swallow up or destroy!
21
That is not true. But a man of s the hill country of Ephraim, called Sheba the son of Bichri, has lifted up his hand against King David. Give up him alone, and I will withdraw from the city." And the woman said to Joab, "Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall."
22
Then the woman went to all the people t in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, u every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
23
v Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
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and w Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
25
and Sheva was secretary; and x Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
26
and y Ira the Jairite was also David's priest.
2 Samuel 21
1
Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David z sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, "There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death."
2
So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel but a of the remnant of the Amorites. Although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to strike them down in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.
3
And David said to the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement, that you may bless b the heritage of the Lord?"
4
The Gibeonites said to him, "It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel." And he said, "What do you say that I shall do for you?"
5
They said to the king, "The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel,
6
let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them before the Lord at c Gibeah of Saul, d the chosen of the Lord." And the king said, "I will give them."
7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of e the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
8
The king took the two sons of f Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom g she bore to h Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;
9
and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the Lord, and the seven of them perished together. They were put to death in the first days of harvest, i at the beginning of barley harvest.
10
j Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens. And she did not allow the birds of the air to come upon them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.
11
When David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,
12
David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, k who had stolen them from the public square of l Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa.
13
And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.
14
And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in m Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father. And they did all that the king commanded. And after that n God responded to the plea for the land.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 20:1
In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it.
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Cross References
1 Kings 20:22
Then the prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, "Come, strengthen yourself, and consider well what you have to do, for in the spring the king of Syria will come up against you.
1 Kings 20:26
In the spring, Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
2 Chronicles 36:10
In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made his brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 12:26
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city.
Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og the king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the common cubit.)
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1 Samuel 9:25
And when they came down from the high place into the city, a bed was spread for Saul on the roof, and he lay down to sleep.
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1 Chronicles 3:5
These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon, four by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel.
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2 Samuel 23:39
Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
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Leviticus 15:19
When a woman has a discharge, and the discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
Leviticus 15:28
But if she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
Leviticus 18:19
You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.
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Genesis 18:4
Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
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2 Samuel 7:2
The king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.
2 Samuel 7:6
I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent for my dwelling.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 20:6
And David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord's servants and pursue him, lest he get himself to fortified cities and escape from us.
1 Kings 1:33
And the king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
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1 Samuel 1:26
And she said, "Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord.
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Cross References
Genesis 19:33
So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
Genesis 19:35
So they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
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2 Samuel 11:11
Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
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1 Kings 21:8 - 9
So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and she sent the letters to the elders and the leaders who lived with Naboth in his city.
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2 Samuel 12:9
Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
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Judges 9:53
And a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head and crushed his skull.
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2 Samuel 12:9
Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
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2 Samuel 12:7
Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus sa...
2 Samuel 12:13
David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against th...
2 Samuel 12:15
Then Nathan went to his house. And the Lord aff...
2 Samuel 12:25
And sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he...
2 Samuel 7:2
The king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, ...
2 Samuel 7:4
But that same night the word of the Lord came t...
2 Samuel 7:17
In accordance with all these words, and in acco...
1 Kings 1:10
But he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Ben...
1 Kings 1:22
While she was still speaking with the king, Nat...
1 Kings 1:34
And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet...
1 Kings 4:5
Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers...
1 Chronicles 29:29
Now the acts of King David, from first to last,...
2 Chronicles 9:29
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first...
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2 Samuel 14:5 - 7
And the king said to her, "What is your trouble?" She answered, "Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.
Judges 9:8 - 15
The trees once went out to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.
1 Kings 20:35 - 41
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow at the command of the Lord, "Strike me, please." But the man refused to strike him.
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Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
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Exodus 22:1
If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Luke 19:8
And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.
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1 Samuel 16:13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
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Numbers 15:31
Because he has despised the word of the Lord and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be on him.
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1 Samuel 15:19
Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord ? Why did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord ?
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2 Samuel 11:15
In the letter he wrote, "Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, that he may be struck down, and die.
2 Samuel 11:17
And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite also died.
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2 Samuel 11:27
And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
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2 Samuel 16:22
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof. And Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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1 Samuel 15:24
Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
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2 Samuel 24:10
But David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.
Psalms 32:5
I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Psalms 51:4
Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
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Psalms 32:1
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
Zechariah 3:4
And the angel said to those who were standing before him, "Remove the filthy garments from him." And to him he said, "Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments.
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Isaiah 52:5
Now therefore what have I here," declares the Lord, "seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail," declares the Lord, "and continually all the day my name is despised.
Ezekiel 36:20
But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, 'These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.
Ezekiel 36:23
And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.
Romans 2:24
For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.
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1 Kings 21:27
And when Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh and fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly.
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2 Samuel 13:31
Then the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the earth. And all his servants who were standing by tore their garments.
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Ruth 3:3
Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
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Job 1:20
Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped.
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Jonah 3:9
Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.
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Job 7:8 - 10
The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more; while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.
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Matthew 1:6
And Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah.
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1 Chronicles 22:9
Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
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2 Samuel 12:26 - 31
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city.
1 Chronicles 20:1 - 3
In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it.
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2 Samuel 11:1
In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
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Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og the king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the common cubit.)
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2 Samuel 3:2 - 3
And sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam of Jezreel.
1 Chronicles 3:2
The third, Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith.
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1 Chronicles 3:9
All these were David's sons, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.
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1 Chronicles 2:13
Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third.
1 Samuel 16:9
Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one.
1 Samuel 17:13
The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
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Genesis 18:6
And Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quick! Three seahs of fine flour! Knead it, and make cakes.
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Genesis 45:1
Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, "Make everyone go out from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
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Leviticus 18:9
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether brought up in the family or in another home.
Leviticus 18:11
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, brought up in your father's family, since she is your sister.
Leviticus 20:17
If a man takes his sister, a daughter of his father or a daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace, and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has uncovered his sister's nakedness, and he shall bear his iniquity.
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Genesis 34:7
The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing must not be done.
Judges 19:23
And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my brothers, do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, do not do this vile thing.
Judges 20:6
So I took hold of my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel, for they have committed abomination and outrage in Israel.
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2 Samuel 3:33
And the king lamented for Abner, saying, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?
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Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors.
Judges 5:30
'Have they not found and divided the spoil? - A womb or two for every man; spoil of dyed materials for Sisera, spoil of dyed materials embroidered, two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?'
Psalms 45:14
In many-colored robes she is led to the king, with her virgin companions following behind her.
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Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
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2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.
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Jeremiah 2:37
From it too you will come away with your hands on your head, for the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper by them.
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Genesis 24:50
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, "The thing has come from the Lord ; we cannot speak to you bad or good.
Genesis 31:24
But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, "Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.
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Genesis 31:19
Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's household gods.
Genesis 38:12 - 13
In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua's daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
1 Samuel 25:4
David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
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Judges 19:6
So the two of them sat and ate and drank together. And the girl's father said to the man, "Be pleased to spend the night, and let your heart be merry.
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2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.
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2 Samuel 12:16
David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.
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2 Samuel 13:3
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man.
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2 Samuel 19:19
And said to the king, "Let not my lord hold me guilty or remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. Do not let the king take it to heart.
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2 Samuel 13:37 - 38
But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son day after day.
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2 Samuel 13:34
But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain.
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2 Samuel 3:3
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur.
1 Chronicles 3:2
The third, Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith.
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2 Samuel 14:23
So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 14:32
Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent word to you, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still." Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.'
2 Samuel 15:8
For your servant vowed a vow while I lived at Geshur in Aram, saying, 'If the Lord will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will offer worship to the Lord.'
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2 Samuel 13:37
But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son day after day.
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Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis 38:12
In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua's daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Genesis 37:35
All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, "No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." Thus his father wept for him.
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2 Samuel 13:39
And the spirit of the king longed to go out to Absalom, because he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.
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2 Chronicles 11:6
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa.
2 Chronicles 20:20
And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.
Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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2 Samuel 12:20
Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.
Ruth 3:3
Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
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2 Samuel 14:19
The king said, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?" The woman answered and said, "As surely as you live, my lord the king, one cannot turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. It was your servant Joab who commanded me; it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant.
Exodus 4:15
You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do.
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2 Samuel 1:2
And on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage.
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2 Kings 6:26
Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!
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2 Samuel 12:1
And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, "There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.
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Matthew 21:38
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.
Mark 12:7
But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.
Luke 20:14
But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.
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Genesis 45:7
And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.
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1 Samuel 25:24
She fell at his feet and said, "On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant.
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Numbers 35:19
The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
Numbers 35:21
Or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
Deuteronomy 19:12
Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die.
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Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
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1 Samuel 14:45
Then the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die.
Acts 27:34
Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength, for not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.
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Judges 20:2
And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, 400,000 men on foot that drew the sword.
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2 Samuel 13:37 - 38
But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son day after day.
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1 Samuel 7:6
So they gathered at Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before the Lord and fasted on that day and said there, "We have sinned against the Lord." And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah.
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Numbers 35:15
These six cities shall be for refuge for the people of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, that anyone who kills any person without intent may flee there.
Numbers 35:25
And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
Numbers 35:28
For he must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest, but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.
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1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in the heritage of the Lord, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.
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2 Samuel 19:27
He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.
1 Samuel 29:9
And Achish answered David and said, "I know that you are as blameless in my sight as an angel of God. Nevertheless, the commanders of the Philistines have said, 'He shall not go up with us to the battle.
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1 Samuel 1:26
And she said, "Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord.
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2 Samuel 14:3
Go to the king and speak thus to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.
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2 Samuel 14:17
And your servant thought, 'The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,' for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!
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1 Kings 8:66
On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had shown to David his servant and to Israel his people.
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2 Samuel 13:38
So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
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Deuteronomy 28:35
The Lord will strike you on the knees and on the legs with grievous boils of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
Job 2:7
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.
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Ezekiel 44:20
They shall not shave their heads or let their locks grow long; they shall surely trim the hair of their heads.
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2 Samuel 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument to this day.
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2 Samuel 14:23
So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
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1 Samuel 20:8
Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is guilt in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?
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1 Kings 1:5
Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
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Ruth 4:1
Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, "Turn aside, friend; sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down.
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Judges 9:29
Would that this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech. I would say to Abimelech, 'Increase your army, and come out.'
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Genesis 28:20 - 21
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear.
1 Samuel 1:11
And she vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.
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2 Samuel 13:38
So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
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1 Samuel 1:17
Then Eli answered, "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.
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1 Samuel 9:13
As soon as you enter the city you will find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people will not eat till he comes, since he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those who are invited will eat. Now go up, for you will meet him immediately.
1 Samuel 16:3
And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.
1 Samuel 16:5
And he said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice." And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
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2 Samuel 15:31
And it was told David, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O Lord, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
2 Samuel 16:20
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel. What shall we do?
2 Samuel 17:1
Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight.
2 Samuel 17:14
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
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1 Chronicles 27:33
Ahithophel was the king's counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend.
Psalms 41:9
Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
Psalms 55:12 - 14
For it is not an enemy who taunts me - then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me - then I could hide from him.
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Joshua 15:51
Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages.
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Psalms 3:1
O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me.
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Judges 9:3
And his mother's relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, "He is our brother.
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2 Samuel 19:9
And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and saved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
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2 Samuel 16:21 - 22
Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.
2 Samuel 20:3
And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to care for the house and put them in a house under guard and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as if in widowhood.
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2 Samuel 8:18
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David's sons were priests.
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1 Samuel 27:2
So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
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2 Samuel 18:2
And David sent out the army, one third under the command of Joab, one third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the men, "I myself will also go out with you.
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1 Samuel 23:13
Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the expedition.
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Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
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Ruth 1:16 - 17
But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.
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1 Kings 2:37
For on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die. Your blood shall be on your own head.
1 Kings 15:13
He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. And Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.
2 Kings 23:4
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
2 Kings 23:6
And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron and beat it to dust and cast the dust of it upon the graves of the common people.
2 Kings 23:12
And the altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, he pulled down and broke in pieces and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
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John 18:1
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.
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2 Samuel 16:2
And the king said to Ziba, "Why have you brought these?" Ziba answered, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink.
2 Samuel 17:16
Now therefore send quickly and tell David, 'Do not stay tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.'
2 Samuel 17:29
Honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, "The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.
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Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.
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1 Samuel 22:20
But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.
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2 Samuel 8:17
And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary.
2 Samuel 20:25
And Sheva was secretary; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
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Psalms 43:3
Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!
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Exodus 15:13
You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode.
Jeremiah 25:30
You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: "'The Lord will roar from on high, and from his holy habitation utter his voice; he will roar mightily against his fold, and shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
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2 Samuel 22:20
He brought me out into a broad place; he rescue...
Numbers 14:8
If the Lord delights in us, he will bring us in...
1 Kings 10:9
Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted...
2 Chronicles 9:8
Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted...
Psalms 18:19
He brought me out into a broad place; he rescue...
Psalms 22:8
"He trusts in the Lord ; let him deliver him; l...
Isaiah 62:4
You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your ...
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1 Samuel 3:18
So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, "It is the Lord. Let him do what seems good to him.
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1 Samuel 9:9
(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, "Come, let us go to the seer," for today's "prophet" was formerly called a seer.)
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2 Samuel 17:17
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at En-rogel. A female servant was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they were not to be seen entering the city.
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2 Samuel 17:16
Now therefore send quickly and tell David, 'Do not stay tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.
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2 Samuel 15:23
And all the land wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people passed on toward the wilderness.
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Isaiah 20:2 - 4
At that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet," and he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
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2 Samuel 19:4
The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Esther 6:12
Then Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.
Jeremiah 14:3 - 4
Her nobles send their servants for water; they come to the cisterns; they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed and confounded and cover their heads.
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Psalms 126:6
He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
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2 Samuel 16:23
Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:14
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.
2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
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Joshua 16:2
Then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites.
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Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
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Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
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2 Samuel 19:35
I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
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2 Samuel 16:19
And again, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you.
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2 Samuel 17:15 - 16
Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, "Thus and so did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so have I counseled.
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2 Samuel 17:17
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at En-rogel. A female servant was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they were not to be seen entering the city.
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2 Samuel 17:17
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at En-rogel. A female servant was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they were not to be seen entering the city.
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2 Samuel 16:16
And when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!
1 Chronicles 27:33
Ahithophel was the king's counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend.
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2 Samuel 16:15
Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
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2 Samuel 15:30
But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.
2 Samuel 15:32
While David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn and dirt on his head.
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2 Samuel 9:2 - 13
Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David. And the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" And he said, "I am your servant.
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1 Samuel 25:18
Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep already prepared and five seahs of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
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Judges 5:10
Tell of it, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets and you who walk by the way.
Judges 10:4
And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
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2 Samuel 16:14
And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan. And there he refreshed himself.
2 Samuel 17:29
Honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, "The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.
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2 Samuel 19:26 - 27
He answered, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, 'I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king.' For your servant is lame.
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2 Samuel 3:16
But her husband went with her, weeping after her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, "Go, return." And he returned.
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2 Samuel 19:16
And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, from Bahurim, hurried to come down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
1 Kings 2:8
And there is also with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.
1 Kings 2:36 - 46
Then the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there to any place whatever.
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2 Samuel 19:21
Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, "Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord 's anointed?
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2 Samuel 16:5
When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually.
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Judges 9:24
That the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.
Judges 9:56 - 57
Thus God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers.
1 Kings 2:32 - 33
The Lord will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
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2 Samuel 1:16
And David said to him, "Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the Lord 's anointed.'
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2 Samuel 9:8
And he paid homage and said, "What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog such as I?
1 Samuel 24:14
After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea!
2 Samuel 3:8
Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, "Am I a dog's head of Judah? To this day I keep showing steadfast love to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not given you into the hand of David. And yet you charge me today with a fault concerning a woman.
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Exodus 22:28
You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
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2 Samuel 19:22
But David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be as an adversary to me? Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?
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1 Samuel 26:6
Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab's brother Abishai the son of Zeruiah, "Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you.
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2 Samuel 12:11
Thus says the Lord, 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
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2 Samuel 19:21
Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, "Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord 's anointed?
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2 Samuel 16:2
And the king said to Ziba, "Why have you brought these?" Ziba answered, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink.
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2 Samuel 15:37
So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 16:15
Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
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1 Samuel 10:24
And Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people." And all the people shouted, "Long live the king!
1 Kings 1:25
For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, 'Long live King Adonijah!
1 Kings 1:39
There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!
2 Kings 11:12
Then he brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!
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2 Samuel 19:25
And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?
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2 Samuel 15:34
But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,' then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
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2 Samuel 15:16
So the king went out, and all his household after him. And the king left ten concubines to keep the house.
2 Samuel 20:3
And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to care for the house and put them in a house under guard and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as if in widowhood.
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2 Samuel 2:7
Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.
Zechariah 8:9
Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets who were present on the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
Zechariah 8:13
And as you have been a byword of cursing among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong.
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1 Samuel 9:25
And when they came down from the high place into the city, a bed was spread for Saul on the roof, and he lay down to sleep.
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2 Samuel 12:11 - 12
Thus says the Lord, 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
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2 Samuel 15:12
And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.
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2 Samuel 16:14
And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan. And there he refreshed himself.
Deuteronomy 25:18
How he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God.
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1 Kings 22:31
Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, "Fight with neither small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.
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2 Samuel 16:16 - 18
And when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!
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Proverbs 17:12
Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.
Hosea 13:8
I will fall upon them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear open their breast, and there I will devour them like a lion, as a wild beast would rip them open.
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Joshua 2:11
And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the Lord your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.
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2 Samuel 3:10
To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.
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Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.
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2 Samuel 15:31
And it was told David, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O Lord, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
2 Samuel 15:34
But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,' then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
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2 Samuel 15:35 - 36
Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So whatever you hear from the king's house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
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2 Samuel 15:28
See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.
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2 Samuel 20:19
I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord ?
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2 Samuel 15:27
The king also said to Zadok the priest, "Are you not a seer? Go back to the city in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
2 Samuel 15:36
Behold, their two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son, and by them you shall send to me everything you hear.
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Joshua 15:7
And the boundary goes up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. And the boundary passes along to the waters of En-shemesh and ends at En-rogel.
Joshua 18:16
Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim. And it then goes down the Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to En-rogel.
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2 Samuel 3:16
But her husband went with her, weeping after her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, "Go, return." And he returned.
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Joshua 2:6
But she had brought them up to the roof and hid them with the stalks of flax that she had laid in order on the roof.
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2 Samuel 17:15 - 16
Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, "Thus and so did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so have I counseled.
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2 Samuel 15:12
And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.
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2 Kings 20:1
In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, "Thus says the Lord, 'Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.'
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Matthew 27:5
And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.
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Joshua 13:26
And from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir.
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2 Samuel 19:13
And say to Amasa, 'Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if you are not commander of my army from now on in place of Joab.'
2 Samuel 20:9
And Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with you, my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
2 Samuel 20:12
And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the highway. And anyone who came by, seeing him, stopped. And when the man saw that all the people stopped, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field and threw a garment over him.
1 Kings 2:5
Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war on the belt around his waist and on the sandals on his feet.
1 Kings 2:32
The Lord will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
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1 Chronicles 2:13
Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third.
1 Chronicles 2:16
And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
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2 Samuel 10:1 - 2
After this the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
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2 Samuel 12:26
Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city.
2 Samuel 12:29
So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it.
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2 Samuel 9:4
The king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "He is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.
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2 Samuel 19:31 - 32
Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, and he went on with the king to the Jordan, to escort him over the Jordan.
1 Kings 2:7
But deal loyally with the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for with such loyalty they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
Ezra 2:61
Also, of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, and the sons of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name).
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2 Samuel 16:2
And the king said to Ziba, "Why have you brought these?" Ziba answered, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink.
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2 Samuel 15:23
And all the land wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people passed on toward the wilderness.
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2 Samuel 15:19
Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why do you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home.
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2 Samuel 21:17
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, "You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.
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2 Samuel 18:12
But the man said to Joab, "Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not reach out my hand against the king's son, for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, 'For my sake protect the young man Absalom.
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2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every one to his own home.
Joshua 17:15
And Joshua said to them, "If you are a numerous people, go up by yourselves to the forest, and there clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.
Joshua 17:18
But the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders. For you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.
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2 Samuel 14:26
And when he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels by the king's weight.
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2 Samuel 18:5
And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom." And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom.
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Joshua 7:26
And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.
Joshua 8:29
And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. And at sunset Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raised over it a great heap of stones, which stands there to this day.
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2 Samuel 19:8
Then the king arose and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate." And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his own home.
2 Samuel 20:1
Now there happened to be there a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said, "We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!
2 Samuel 20:22
Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
1 Samuel 4:10
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.
2 Kings 8:21
Then Joram passed over to Zair with all his chariots and rose by night, and he and his chariot commanders struck the Edomites who had surrounded him, but his army fled home.
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Genesis 28:18
So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.
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Genesis 14:17
After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
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2 Samuel 14:27
There were born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.
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2 Samuel 15:36
Behold, their two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son, and by them you shall send to me everything you hear.
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2 Samuel 18:31
And behold, the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, "Good news for my lord the king! For the Lord has delivered you this day from the hand of all who rose up against you.
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Deuteronomy 34:3
The Negeb, and the Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
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2 Samuel 19:8
Then the king arose and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate." And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his own home.
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2 Samuel 13:34
But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain.
2 Kings 9:17
Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came and said, "I see a company." And Joram said, "Take a horseman and send to meet them, and let him say, 'Is it peace?'
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2 Kings 9:20
Again the watchman reported, "He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.
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1 Kings 1:42
While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. And Adonijah said, "Come in, for you are a worthy man and bring good news.
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Genesis 14:20
And blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!" And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
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2 Samuel 20:9
And Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with you, my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
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2 Samuel 18:19
Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, "Let me run and carry news to the king that the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.
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2 Samuel 18:29
And the king said, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab sent the king's servant, your servant, I saw a great commotion, but I do not know what it was.
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1 Samuel 25:26
Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.
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2 Samuel 18:24
Now David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he lifted up his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone.
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2 Samuel 19:4
The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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2 Samuel 15:30
But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.
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2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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Genesis 34:3
And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
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2 Samuel 18:4
The king said to them, "Whatever seems best to you I will do." So the king stood at the side of the gate, while all the army marched out by hundreds and by thousands.
2 Samuel 18:24
Now David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he lifted up his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone.
2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Ruth 4:1
Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, "Turn aside, friend; sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down.
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2 Samuel 18:17
And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every one to his own home.
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2 Samuel 8:1 - 14
After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
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2 Samuel 5:20
And David came to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. And he said, "The Lord has burst through my enemies before me like a bursting flood." Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.
2 Samuel 8:1
After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
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2 Samuel 15:14
Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.
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2 Samuel 15:29
So Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they remained there.
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2 Samuel 5:1
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh!" And he stayed with him a month.
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2 Samuel 17:25
Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
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Ruth 1:17
Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.
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2 Samuel 8:16
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.
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Judges 20:1
Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.
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2 Samuel 16:5
When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually.
1 Kings 2:8
And there is also with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.
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2 Samuel 9:2
Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David. And the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" And he said, "I am your servant.
2 Samuel 9:10
And you and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him and shall bring in the produce, that your master's grandson may have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth your master's grandson shall always eat at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
2 Samuel 16:1 - 4
When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
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1 Samuel 22:15
Is today the first time that I have inquired of God for him? No! Let not the king impute anything to his servant or to all the house of my father, for your servant has known nothing of all this, much or little.
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2 Samuel 16:5 - 13
When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually.
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2 Samuel 16:5
When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually.
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Exodus 22:28
You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
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2 Samuel 16:10
But the king said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, 'Curse David,' who then shall say, 'Why have you done so?'
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1 Samuel 11:13
But Saul said, "Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the Lord has worked salvation in Israel.
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1 Kings 2:8 - 9
And there is also with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.
1 Kings 2:37
For on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die. Your blood shall be on your own head.
1 Kings 2:46
Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
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2 Samuel 9:6
And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, "Mephibosheth!" And he answered, "Behold, I am your servant.
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2 Samuel 16:17
And Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?
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2 Samuel 9:3
And the king said, "Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?" Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet.
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2 Samuel 16:3
And the king said, "And where is your master's son?" Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.'
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2 Samuel 14:17
And your servant thought, 'The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,' for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!
2 Samuel 14:20
In order to change the course of things your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God to know all things that are on the earth.
1 Samuel 29:9
And Achish answered David and said, "I know that you are as blameless in my sight as an angel of God. Nevertheless, the commanders of the Philistines have said, 'He shall not go up with us to the battle.
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2 Samuel 9:7
And David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and you shall eat at my table always.
2 Samuel 9:10
And you and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him and shall bring in the produce, that your master's grandson may have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth your master's grandson shall always eat at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
2 Samuel 9:13
So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate always at the king's table. Now he was lame in both his feet.
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1 Kings 2:7
But deal loyally with the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for with such loyalty they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
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2 Samuel 17:27 - 29
When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
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Genesis 47:8
And Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?
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Psalms 90:10
The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
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2 Samuel 15:33
David said to him, "If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
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1 Kings 2:7
But deal loyally with the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for with such loyalty they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother.
Jeremiah 41:17
And they went and stayed at Geruth Chimham near Bethlehem, intending to go to Egypt
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2 Samuel 14:33
Then Joab went to the king and told him, and he summoned Absalom. So he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.
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2 Samuel 19:15
So the king came back to the Jordan, and Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and to bring the king over the Jordan.
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2 Samuel 19:12
You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?
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1 Kings 11:30 - 31
Then Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it into twelve pieces.
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Isaiah 9:21
Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh; together they are against Judah. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 11:13
The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
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Deuteronomy 13:13
That certain worthless fellows have gone out among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which you have not known.
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2 Samuel 19:43
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, "We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?" But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
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2 Samuel 20:22
Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
1 Kings 12:16
And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, "What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David." So Israel went to their tents.
2 Chronicles 10:16
And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, "What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each of you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David." So all Israel went to their tents.
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2 Samuel 15:16
So the king went out, and all his household after him. And the king left ten concubines to keep the house.
2 Samuel 16:21 - 22
Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.
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2 Samuel 17:25
Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
2 Samuel 19:13
And say to Amasa, 'Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if you are not commander of my army from now on in place of Joab.
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2 Samuel 11:11
Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in booths, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing.
1 Kings 1:33
And the king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
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2 Samuel 20:23
Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites.
2 Samuel 8:18
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David's sons were priests.
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Matthew 26:49
And he came up to Jesus at once and said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" And he kissed him.
Mark 14:45
And when he came, he went up to him at once and said, "Rabbi!" And he kissed him.
Luke 22:47
While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him.
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1 Kings 2:5
Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war on the belt around his waist and on the sandals on his feet.
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2 Samuel 2:23
But he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the butt of his spear, so that the spear came out at his back. And he fell there and died where he was. And all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, stood still.
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2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.
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2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.
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Numbers 21:16
And from there they continued to Beer; that is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, "Gather the people together, so that I may give them water.
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2 Samuel 20:14
And Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth-maacah, and all the Bichrites assembled and followed him in.
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2 Kings 19:32
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.
Isaiah 37:33
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it.
Jeremiah 6:6
For thus says the Lord of hosts: "Cut down her trees; cast up a siege mound against Jerusalem. This is the city that must be punished; there is nothing but oppression within her.
Ezekiel 4:2
And put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.
Ezekiel 26:8
He will kill with the sword your daughters on the mainland. He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise a roof of shields against you.
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2 Samuel 20:14
And Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth-maacah, and all the Bichrites assembled and followed him in.
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2 Samuel 17:16
Now therefore send quickly and tell David, 'Do not stay tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.
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1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in the heritage of the Lord, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.
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2 Samuel 20:19
I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord ?
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Joshua 24:33
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
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2 Samuel 20:16
Then a wise woman called from the city, "Listen! Listen! Tell Joab, 'Come here, that I may speak to you.'
Ecclesiastes 9:14 - 15
There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
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1 Samuel 4:10
So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.
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2 Samuel 20:23 - 26
Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites.
2 Samuel 8:16 - 18
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.
1 Kings 4:3 - 6
Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.
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1 Kings 12:18
Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam hurried to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 15:24
And Abiathar came up, and behold, Zadok came also with all the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God until the people had all passed out of the city.
2 Samuel 19:11
And King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests: "Say to the elders of Judah, 'Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king?
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2 Samuel 23:38
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite.
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Numbers 27:21
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.
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Joshua 9:3 - 17
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai.
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1 Samuel 26:19
Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering, but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in the heritage of the Lord, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.
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1 Samuel 10:26
Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts God had touched.
1 Samuel 11:4
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the ears of the people, and all the people wept aloud.
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1 Samuel 10:24
And Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people." And all the people shouted, "Long live the king!
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1 Samuel 20:8
Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is guilt in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?
1 Samuel 20:42
Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, 'The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.'" And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
1 Samuel 23:18
And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord. David remained at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.
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2 Samuel 3:7
Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ish-bosheth said to Abner, "Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?
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Genesis 50:23
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph's own.
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1 Samuel 18:19
But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.
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Ruth 1:22
So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
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Deuteronomy 21:23
His body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.
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1 Samuel 31:10 - 13
They put his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
2 Samuel 2:4
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.
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Joshua 17:11
Also in Issachar and in Asher Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; the third is Naphath.
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Joshua 18:28
Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath-jearim - fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Benjamin according to its clans.
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2 Samuel 24:25
And David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.
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