Discovery Box| (0.34) | 2Sa 10:5 |
| Messengers 1 told David what had happened, 2 so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho 3 until your beards have grown again; then you may come back.” |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 11:2 |
| One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. 1 From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive. 2 |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 11:27 |
| When the time of mourning passed, David had her brought to his palace. 1 She became his wife and she bore him a son. But what David had done upset the Lord. 2 |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 12:7 |
| Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I chose 1 you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul. |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 12:13 |
| Then David exclaimed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord!” Nathan replied to David, “Yes, and the Lord has forgiven 1 your sin. You are not going to die. |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 12:19 |
| When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he 1 realized that the child was dead. So David asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” They replied, “Yes, he’s dead.” |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 12:21 |
| His servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? While 1 the child was still alive, you fasted and wept. Once the child was dead you got up and ate food!” |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 12:24 |
| So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and had marital relations with her. 1 She gave birth to a son, and David 2 named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved the child 3 |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 13:4 |
| He asked Amnon, 1 “Why are you, the king’s son, 2 so depressed every morning? Can’t you tell me?” So Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom.” |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 13:8 |
| So Tamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, who was lying down. She took the dough, kneaded it, made some cakes while he watched, 1 and baked them. 2 |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 13:13 |
| How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools 1 in Israel! Just 2 speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.” |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 13:18 |
| (Now she was wearing a long robe, 1 for this is what the king’s virgin daughters used to wear.) So Amnon’s 2 attendant removed her and bolted the door 3 behind her. |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 13:25 |
| But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son. We shouldn’t all go. We shouldn’t burden you in that way.” Though Absalom 1 pressed 2 him, the king 3 was not willing to go. Instead, David 4 blessed him. |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 14:14 |
| Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored. 1 |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 14:20 |
| Your servant Joab did this so as to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like that of the angel of God, and knows everything that is happening in the land.” 1 |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 14:24 |
| But the king said, “Let him go over 1 to his own house. He may not see my face.” So Absalom went over 2 to his own house; he did not see the king’s face. |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 14:25 |
| Now in all Israel everyone acknowledged that there was no man as handsome as Absalom. 1 From the sole of his feet to the top of his head he was perfect in appearance. 2 |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 15:8 |
| For I made this vow 1 when I was living in Geshur in Aram: ‘If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, 2 I will serve the Lord.’” |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 16:4 |
| The king said to Ziba, “Everything that was Mephibosheth’s now belongs to you.” Ziba replied, “I bow before you. May I find favor in your sight, my lord the king.” |
| (0.34) | 2Sa 16:6 |
| He threw stones at David and all of King David’s servants, as well as all the people and the soldiers who were on his right and on his left. |
