Discovery Box| (0.29) | 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.” |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 19:2 |
| So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, “The king is grieved over his son.” |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 19:20 |
| For I, your servant, 1 know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.” |
| (0.29) | 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. |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 19:26 |
| He replied, “My lord the king, my servant deceived me! I 1 said, ‘Let me get my donkey saddled so that I can ride on it and go with the king,’ for I 2 am lame. |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 19:32 |
| But Barzillai was very old – eighty years old, in fact – and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich 1 man. |
| (0.29) | 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.” |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 21:5 |
| They replied to the king, “As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel – |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 23:5 |
| My dynasty is approved by God, 1 for he has made a perpetual covenant with me, arranged in all its particulars and secured. He always delivers me, and brings all I desire to fruition. 2 |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 23:9 |
| Next in command 1 was Eleazar son of Dodo, 2 the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three warriors who were with David when they defied the Philistines who were assembled there for battle. When the men of Israel retreated, 3 |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 24:10 |
| David felt guilty 1 after he had numbered the army. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, O Lord, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.” |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 24:14 |
| David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer that we be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is great; I do not want to be attacked by men!” 1 |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 24:17 |
| When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, “Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep – what have they done? Attack me and my family.” 1 |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 24:21 |
| Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied, “To buy from you the threshing floor so I can build an altar for the Lord, so that the plague may be removed from the people.” |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 2:15 |
| He said, “You know that the kingdom 1 was mine and all Israel considered me king. 2 But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. 3 |
| (0.29) | 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!” |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 2:28 |
| When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported 1 Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he 2 ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. 3 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 2:38 |
| Shimei said to the king, “My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. 1 Your servant will do as you say.” 2 So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. 3 |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 3:4 |
| The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. 1 Solomon would offer up 2 a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there. |
| (0.29) | 1Ki 3:15 |
| Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. 1 He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord’s covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, 2 and held a feast for all his servants. |
