Discovery Box| (0.34) | 2Sa 18:32 |
| The king asked the Cushite, “How is the young man Absalom?” The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you 1 be like that young man!” |
| (0.34) | 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. |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 21:6 |
| let seven of his male descendants be turned over to us, and we will execute 1 them before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, who was the Lord’s chosen one.” 2 The king replied, “I will turn them over.” |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 21:20 |
| Yet another battle occurred in Gath. On that occasion there was a large man 1 who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha. |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 23:17 |
| and said, “O Lord, I will not do this! 1 It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going.” 2 So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. 3 |
| (0.34) | 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. |
| (0.34) | 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!” |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 4:27 |
| The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. 1 Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking. |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 8:5 |
| Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. 1 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 8:23 |
| He prayed: 1 “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty 2 to your servants who obey you with sincerity. 3 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 8:39 |
| then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, 1 and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. 2 (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) 3 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 9:8 |
| This temple will become a heap of ruins; 1 everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, 2 saying, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?’ |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 9:9 |
| Others will then answer, 1 ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors 2 out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. 3 That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.’” |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 11:34 |
| I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules. |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 12:6 |
| King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served 1 his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, 2 “How do you advise me to answer these people?” |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 13:33 |
| After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; 1 he continued to appoint common people 2 as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. 3 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 14:2 |
| Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise 1 yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam’s wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there. 2 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 14:8 |
| I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve. 1 |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 14:13 |
| All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family 1 who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good. |
| (0.34) | 1Ki 15:29 |
| When he became king, he executed Jeroboam’s entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, 1 just as the Lord had predicted 2 through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite. |
