But the Ammonite king disregarded ¹  the message sent by Jephthah. ² 

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord; the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.

Then Saul’s servants said to him, “Look, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you!”

Jonathan responded to his father Saul, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”

When the residents of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

David asked him, “Where are you coming from?” He replied, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”

David replied to him, “How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going. ¹ 

As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come on! Get in bed with me, ¹  my sister!”

Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.” Then Joab told her what to say. ¹ 

Absalom would then say to him, “Look, your claims are legitimate and appropriate. ¹  But there is no representative of the king who will listen to you.”

the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. ¹ 

But Elijah said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all ¹  lives (whom I serve), ²  I will make an appearance before him today.”

When Ahab saw Elijah, he ¹  said to him, “Is it really you, the one who brings disaster ²  on Israel?”

All the leaders and people said to him, “Do not give in or agree to his demands.” ¹ 

When they came back, Elisha ¹  was staying in Jericho. He said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”

Elisha ¹  said, “Get me a new jar and put some salt in it.” So they got it.

Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows,” and he did so. ¹ 

Isaiah was still in the middle courtyard when the Lord told him, ¹ 

Then a spirit ¹  stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, ‘I will deceive him.’ The Lord asked him, ‘How?’