Discovery Box| (0.30) | 2Sa 11:25 |
| David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing upset you. 1 There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. 2 Press the battle against the city and conquer 3 it.’ Encourage him with these words.” 4 |
| (0.30) | 2Sa 13:5 |
| Jonadab replied to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. 1 When your father comes in to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can fix some food for me. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I can watch. Then I will eat from her hand.’” |
| (0.30) | 2Sa 13:6 |
| So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came in to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can make a couple of cakes in my sight. Then I will eat from her hand.” |
| (0.30) | 2Sa 13:20 |
| Her brother Absalom said to her, “Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take it so seriously!” 1 Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom. |
| (0.30) | 2Sa 14:22 |
| Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked 1 the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your 2 servant!” |
| (0.30) | 2Sa 16:11 |
| Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son, my very own flesh and blood, 1 is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the Lord has spoken to him. |
| (0.30) | 2Sa 19:5 |
| So Joab visited 1 the king at his home. He said, “Today you have embarrassed all your servants who have saved your life this day, as well as the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines. |
| (0.30) | 2Sa 20:6 |
| Then David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bicri will cause greater disaster for us than Absalom did! Take your lord’s servants and pursue him. Otherwise he will secure 1 fortified cities for himself and get away from us.” |
| (0.30) | 2Sa 24:10 |
| David felt guilty 1 after he had numbered the army. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, O Lord, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.” |
| (0.30) | 1Ki 9:3 |
| The Lord said to him, “I have answered 1 your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; 2 I will be constantly present there. 3 |
| (0.30) | 1Ki 12:28 |
| After the king had consulted with his advisers, 1 he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, 2 “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.” |
| (0.30) | 1Ki 17:12 |
| She said, “As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.” 1 |
| (0.30) | 2Ki 5:23 |
| Naaman said, “Please accept two talents of silver. 1 He insisted, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi. 2 |
| (0.30) | 2Ki 8:5 |
| While Gehazi 1 was telling the king how Elisha 2 had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field. 3 Gehazi said, “My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!” |
| (0.30) | 2Ki 10:30 |
| The Lord said to Jehu, “You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab’s dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” 1 |
| (0.30) | 2Ki 12:4 |
| Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal 1 all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, 2 the silver received from those who have made vows, 3 and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple. 4 |
| (0.30) | 1Ch 14:11 |
| So they marched against Baal Perazim and David defeated them there. David said, “Using me as his instrument, 1 God has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out.” So that place is called Baal Perazim. 2 |
| (0.30) | 1Ch 19:2 |
| David said, “I will express my loyalty 1 to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal 2 to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father’s death. 3 When David’s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king’s sympathy, 4 |
| (0.30) | 1Ch 19:3 |
| the Ammonite officials said to Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? 1 No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!” 2 |
| (0.30) | 1Ch 21:17 |
| David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! 1 As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, 2 but remove the plague from your people!” 3 |
