Discovery Box| (1.00) | 2Sa 12:20 |
| So David got up from the ground, bathed, put on oil, and changed his clothes. He went to the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then, when he entered his palace, he requested that food be brought to him, and he ate. |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 12:25 |
| and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named Jedidiah 1 for the Lord’s sake. |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 12:31 |
| He removed 1 the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy 2 with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. 3 |
| (1.00) | 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.” |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 13:7 |
| So David sent Tamar to the house saying, “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare some food for him.” |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 13:16 |
| But she said to him, “No I won’t, for sending me away now would be worse than what you did to me earlier!” 1 But he refused to listen to her. |
| (1.00) | 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. |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 13:19 |
| Then Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went on her way, wailing as she went. |
| (1.00) | 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. |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 13:22 |
| But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar. |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 13:24 |
| Then Absalom went to the king and said, “My shearers have begun their work. 1 Let the king and his servants go with me.” |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 13:30 |
| While they were still on their way, the following report reached David: “Absalom has killed all the king’s sons; not one of them is left!” |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 13:33 |
| Now don’t let my lord the king be concerned about the report that has come saying, ‘All the king’s sons are dead.’ It is only Amnon who is dead.” |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 13:34 |
| In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west 1 on a road beside the hill. |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 13:35 |
| Jonadab said to the king, “Look! The king’s sons have come! It’s just as I said!” |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 13:36 |
| Just as he finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived, wailing and weeping. 1 The king and all his servants wept loudly 2 as well. |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 14:3 |
| Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.” Then Joab told her what to say. 1 |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 14:10 |
| The king said, “Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won’t bother you again!” |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 14:12 |
| Then the woman said, “Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied, “Tell me.” |
| (1.00) | 2Sa 14:13 |
| The woman said, “Why have you devised something like this against God’s people? When the king speaks in this fashion, he makes himself guilty, for the king has not brought back the one he has banished. |
