Discovery Box| (0.24) | 2Sa 13:2 |
| But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick 1 over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her. |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 13:19 |
| Then Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went on her way, wailing as she went. |
| (0.24) | 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. |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 13:29 |
| So Absalom’s servants did to Amnon exactly what Absalom had instructed. Then all the king’s sons got up; each one rode away on his mule and fled. |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 14:29 |
| Then Absalom sent a message to Joab asking him to send him to the king, but Joab was not willing to come to him. So he sent a second message to him, but he still was not willing to come. |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 15:4 |
| Absalom would then say, “If only they would make me 1 a judge in the land! Then everyone who had a judicial complaint 2 could come to me and I would make sure he receives a just settlement.” |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 17:10 |
| If that happens even the bravest soldier – one who is lion-hearted – will virtually melt away. For all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are brave. |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 17:13 |
| If he regroups in a city, all Israel will take up ropes to that city and drag it down to the valley, so that not a single pebble will be left there!” |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 17:17 |
| Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En Rogel. A female servant would go and inform them, and they would then go and inform King David. It was not advisable for them to be seen going into the city. |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 18:20 |
| But Joab said to him, “You will not be a bearer of good news today. You will bear good news some other day, but not today, 1 for the king’s son is dead.” |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 19:13 |
| Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? 1 God will punish me severely, 2 if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’” |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 19:32 |
| But Barzillai was very old – eighty years old, in fact – and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich 1 man. |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 20:8 |
| When they were near the big rock that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire and had a dagger in its sheath belted to his waist. When he advanced, it fell out. 1 |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 21:16 |
| Now Ishbi-Benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, 1 had a spear 2 that weighed three hundred bronze shekels, 3 and he was armed with a new weapon. 4 He had said that he would kill David. |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 23:20 |
| Benaiah son of Jehoida was a brave warrior 1 from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab. 2 He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day. |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 24:12 |
| “Go, tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am offering you three forms of judgment. Pick one of them and I will carry it out against you.’” |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 24:14 |
| David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer that we be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is great; I do not want to be attacked by men!” 1 |
| (0.24) | 2Sa 24:22 |
| Araunah told David, “My lord the king may take whatever he wishes 1 and offer it. Look! Here are oxen for burnt offerings, and threshing sledges 2 and harnesses 3 for wood. |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 1:17 |
| She replied to him, “My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, ‘Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.’ |
| (0.24) | 1Ki 2:24 |
| Now, as certainly as the Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David’s throne, and established a dynasty 1 for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!” |
