Discovery Box| (0.35) | 2Sa 9:6 |
| When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. 1 David said, “Mephibosheth?” He replied, “Yes, at your service.” 2 |
| (0.35) | 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 |
| (0.35) | 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.” |
| (0.35) | 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!” |
| (0.35) | 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.” |
| (0.35) | 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 |
| (0.35) | 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.” |
| (0.35) | 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. |
| (0.35) | 2Sa 13:20 |
| Her brother Absalom said to her, “Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take it so seriously!” 1 Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom. |
| (0.35) | 2Sa 13:28 |
| Absalom instructed his servants, “Look! When Amnon is drunk 1 and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!” 2 |
| (0.35) | 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. |
| (0.35) | 2Sa 14:9 |
| The Tekoan woman said to the king, “My lord the king, let any blame fall on me and on the house of my father. But let the king and his throne be innocent!” |
| (0.35) | 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 |
| (0.35) | 2Sa 14:16 |
| Yes! 1 The king may 2 listen and deliver his female servant 3 from the hand of the man who seeks to remove 4 both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’ 5 |
| (0.35) | 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 |
| (0.35) | 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 |
| (0.35) | 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.” |
| (0.35) | 2Sa 15:19 |
| Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new 1 king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country. 2 |
| (0.35) | 2Sa 15:21 |
| But Ittai replied to the king, “As surely as the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether dead or alive, 1 there I 2 will be as well!” |
| (0.35) | 2Sa 15:23 |
| All the land was weeping loudly 1 as all these people were leaving. 2 As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving 3 on the road that leads to the desert. |
