Discovery Box| (0.47) | 2Sa 14:11 |
| She replied, “In that case, 1 let the king invoke the name of 2 the Lord your God so that the avenger of blood may not kill! Then they will not destroy my son!” He replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of your son’s head 3 will fall to the ground.” |
| (0.47) | 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. |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 14:22 |
| Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked 1 the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your 2 servant!” |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 14:26 |
| When he would shave his head – at the end of every year he used to shave his head, for it grew too long 1 and he would shave it – he used to weigh the hair of his head at three pounds 2 according to the king’s weight. |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 15:24 |
| Zadok and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. When they positioned the ark of God, Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving 1 the city. |
| (0.47) | 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!” |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 17:8 |
| Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men – they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. 1 Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army. |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 17:14 |
| Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel.” Now the Lord had decided 1 to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster on Absalom. |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 17:22 |
| So David and all the people who were with him got up and crossed the Jordan River. 1 By dawn there was not one person left who had not crossed the Jordan. |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 18:5 |
| The king gave this order to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: “For my sake deal gently with the young man Absalom.” Now the entire army was listening when the king gave all the leaders this order concerning Absalom. |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 18:28 |
| Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, “Greetings!” 1 He bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and said, “May the Lord your God be praised because he has defeated 2 the men who opposed 3 my lord the king!” |
| (0.47) | 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. |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 19:6 |
| You seem to love your enemies and hate your friends! For you have as much as declared today that leaders and servants don’t matter to you. I realize now 1 that if 2 Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, 3 it would be all right with you. |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 19:41 |
| Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan – and not only him but all of David’s men as well?” |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 21:1 |
| During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. 1 The Lord said, “It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, 2 because he murdered the Gibeonites.” |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 21:8 |
| So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah whom she had born to Saul, and the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab 1 whom she had born to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 21:17 |
| But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to David’s aid, striking the Philistine down and killing him. Then David’s men took an oath saying, “You will not go out to battle with us again! You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel!” |
| (0.47) | 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. |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 23:21 |
| He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. 1 The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked 2 him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. |
| (0.47) | 2Sa 24:2 |
| The king told Joab, the general in command of his army, “Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba and muster the army, so I may know the size of the army.” |
