Discovery Box| (0.10) | 2Sa 14:15 |
| I have now come to speak with my lord the king about this matter, because the people have made me fearful. 1 But your servant said, ‘I will speak to the king! Perhaps the king will do what his female servant 2 asks. |
| (0.10) | 2Sa 15:2 |
| Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, “What city are you from?” The person would answer, “I, your servant, 1 am from one of the tribes of Israel.” |
| (0.10) | 2Sa 18:2 |
| David then sent out the army – a third under the leadership of Joab, a third under the leadership of Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under the leadership of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the troops, “I too will indeed march out with you.” |
| (0.10) | 2Sa 21:4 |
| The Gibeonites said to him, “We 1 have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family, 2 nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel.” David asked, 3 “What then are you asking me to do for you?” |
| (0.10) | 2Sa 24:13 |
| Gad went to David and told him, “Shall seven 1 years of famine come upon your land? Or shall you flee for three months from your enemy with him in hot pursuit? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? Now decide 2 what I should tell the one who sent me.” |
| (0.10) | 1Ki 5:5 |
| So I have decided 1 to build a temple to honor the Lord 2 my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’ 3 |
| (0.10) | 1Ki 8:20 |
| The Lord has kept the promise he made. 1 I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor 2 of the Lord God of Israel |
| (0.10) | 1Ki 11:33 |
| I am taking the kingdom from him 1 because they have 2 abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions 3 by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon’s father David did. 4 |
| (0.10) | 1Ki 12:10 |
| The young advisers with whom Rehoboam 1 had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.’ 2 Say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father! 3 |
| (0.10) | 1Ki 17:1 |
| Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), 1 there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” 2 |
| (0.10) | 1Ki 20:6 |
| But now at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you and they will search through your palace and your servants’ houses. They will carry away all your valuables.” 1 |
| (0.10) | 1Ki 20:9 |
| So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Say this to my master, the king, ‘I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.’” 1 So the messengers went back and gave their report. |
| (0.10) | 1Ki 20:34 |
| Ben Hadad 1 said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets 2 in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.” 3 Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.” 4 So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him. |
| (0.10) | 1Ki 22:6 |
| So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, “Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” 1 They said, “Attack! The sovereign one 2 will hand it over to the king.” |
| (0.10) | 2Ki 1:2 |
| Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria 1 and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, 2 “Go, ask 3 Baal Zebub, 4 the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.” |
| (0.10) | 2Ki 4:13 |
| Elisha said to Gehazi, 1 “Tell her, ‘Look, you have treated us with such great respect. 2 What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?’” She replied, “I’m quite secure.” 3 |
| (0.10) | 2Ki 5:11 |
| Naaman went away angry. He said, “Look, I thought for sure he would come out, stand there, invoke the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the area, and cure the skin disease. |
| (0.10) | 2Ki 5:15 |
| He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman 1 came and stood before him. He said, “For sure 2 I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.” |
| (0.10) | 2Ki 8:9 |
| So Hazael went to visit Elisha. 1 He took along a gift, 2 as well as 3 forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, “Your son, 4 King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question, 5 ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’” |
| (0.10) | 2Ki 10:24 |
| They went inside to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside. He had told them, “If any of the men inside get away, you will pay with your lives!” 1 |
