Discovery Box| (0.45) | 2Sa 5:17 |
| When the Philistines heard that David had been designated 1 king over Israel, they all 2 went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress. |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 6:17 |
| They brought the ark of the Lord and put it in its place 1 in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the Lord. |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 7:27 |
| for you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have told 1 your servant, ‘I will build you a dynastic house.’ 2 That is why your servant has had the courage 3 to pray this prayer to you. |
| (0.45) | 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.” |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 11:4 |
| David sent some messengers to get her. 1 She came to him and he had sexual relations with her. 2 (Now at that time she was in the process of purifying herself from her menstrual uncleanness.) 3 Then she returned to her home. |
| (0.45) | 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 |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 13:10 |
| Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the cakes into the bedroom; then I will eat from your hand.” So Tamar took the cakes that she had prepared and brought them to her brother Amnon in the bedroom. |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 13:29 |
| So Absalom’s servants did to Amnon exactly what Absalom had instructed. Then all the king’s sons got up; each one rode away on his mule and fled. |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 15:4 |
| Absalom would then say, “If only they would make me 1 a judge in the land! Then everyone who had a judicial complaint 2 could come to me and I would make sure he receives a just settlement.” |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 15:18 |
| All his servants were leaving with him, 1 along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites – some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with 2 the king. |
| (0.45) | 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. |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 17:19 |
| His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done. |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 17:21 |
| After the men had left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan 1 climbed out of the well. Then they left and informed King David. They advised David, “Get up and cross the stream 2 quickly, for Ahithophel has devised a plan to catch you.” 3 |
| (0.45) | 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. |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 19:15 |
| So the king returned and came to the Jordan River. 1 Now the people of Judah 2 had come to Gilgal to meet the king and to help him 3 cross the Jordan. |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 19:18 |
| They crossed at the ford in order to help the king’s household cross and to do whatever he thought appropriate. Now after he had crossed the Jordan, Shimei son of Gera threw himself down before the king. |
| (0.45) | 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. |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 19:40 |
| When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham 1 crossed over with him. Now all the soldiers 2 of Judah along with half of the soldiers of Israel had helped the king cross over. 3 |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 20:8 |
| When they were near the big rock that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire and had a dagger in its sheath belted to his waist. When he advanced, it fell out. 1 |
| (0.45) | 2Sa 21:20 |
| Yet another battle occurred in Gath. On that occasion there was a large man 1 who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha. |
