Discovery Box| (0.68) | 2Sa 14:1 |
| Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see 1 Absalom. |
| (0.68) | 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. |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 14:28 |
| Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without seeing the king’s face. |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 15:9 |
| The king replied to him, “Go in peace.” So Absalom 1 got up and went to Hebron. |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 15:13 |
| Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!” 1 |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 15:25 |
| Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back to the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s sight he will bring me back and enable me to see both it and his dwelling place again. |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 15:29 |
| So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and remained there. |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 15:37 |
| So David’s friend Hushai arrived in the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem. |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 16:15 |
| Now when Absalom and all the men 1 of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, 2 Ahithophel was with him. |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 17:4 |
| This seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all the leaders 1 of Israel. |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 17:16 |
| Now send word quickly to David and warn him, 1 “Don’t spend the night at the fords of the desert 2 tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, 3 or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.” 4 |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 17:20 |
| When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied to them, “They crossed over the stream.” Absalom’s men 1 searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. 2 |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 18:12 |
| The man replied to Joab, “Even if 1 I were receiving 2 a thousand pieces of silver, 3 I would not strike 4 the king’s son! In our very presence 5 the king gave this order to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’ 6 |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 18:30 |
| The king said, “Turn aside and take your place here.” So he turned aside and waited. |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 19:1 |
| (19:2) Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.” |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 19:11 |
| Then King David sent a message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests saying, “Tell the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back to his palace, 1 when everything Israel is saying has come to the king’s attention. 2 |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 19:19 |
| He said to the king, “Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left 1 Jerusalem! 2 Please don’t call it to mind! |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 19:42 |
| All the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “Because the king is our close relative! Why are you so upset about this? Have we eaten at the king’s expense? 1 Or have we misappropriated anything for our own use?” |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 20:10 |
| Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab 1 stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s 2 intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. 3 Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri. |
| (0.68) | 2Sa 21:21 |
| When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him. |
