Discovery Box| (0.28) | 2Sa 13:28 |
| Absalom instructed his servants, “Look! When Amnon is drunk 1 and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!” 2 |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 16:3 |
| The king asked, “Where is your master’s grandson?” 1 Ziba replied to the king, “He remains in Jerusalem, 2 for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give back to me my grandfather’s 3 kingdom.’” |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 16:5 |
| Then King David reached 1 Bahurim. There a man from Saul’s extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached. 2 |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 16:8 |
| The Lord has punished you for 1 all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!” |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 16:9 |
| Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!” |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 16:10 |
| But the king said, “What do we have in common, 1 you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David!’, who can say to him, ‘Why have you done this?’” |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 17:25 |
| Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab. (Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married 1 Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.) |
| (0.28) | 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.” |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 18:18 |
| Prior to this 1 Absalom had set up a monument 2 and dedicated it to himself in the King’s Valley, reasoning “I have no son who will carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom’s Memorial. |
| (0.28) | 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.” |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 18:27 |
| The watchman said, “It appears to me that the first runner is Ahimaaz 1 son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and he comes with good news.” |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 19:17 |
| There were a thousand men from Benjamin with him, along with Ziba the servant 1 of Saul’s household, and with him his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They hurriedly crossed 2 the Jordan within sight of the king. |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 19:18 |
| They crossed at the ford in order to help the king’s household cross and to do whatever he thought appropriate. Now after he had crossed the Jordan, Shimei son of Gera threw himself down before the king. |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 19:22 |
| But David said, “What do we have in common, 1 you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t you realize that today I am king over Israel?” |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 19:24 |
| Now Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, 1 came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely 2 returned, Mephibosheth 3 had not cared for his feet 4 nor trimmed 5 his mustache nor washed his clothes. |
| (0.28) | 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.” |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 20:10 |
| Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab 1 stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s 2 intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. 3 Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri. |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 20:22 |
| Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba’s head and threw it out to Joab. Joab 1 blew the trumpet, and his men 2 dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. 3 Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem. |
