Discovery Box| (0.28) | 2Sa 18:31 |
| Then the Cushite arrived and said, 1 “May my lord the king now receive the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today and delivered you from the hand of all who have rebelled against you!” 2 |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 18:32 |
| The king asked the Cushite, “How is the young man Absalom?” The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you 1 be like that young man!” |
| (0.28) | 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.” |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 19:5 |
| So Joab visited 1 the king at his home. He said, “Today you have embarrassed all your servants who have saved your life this day, as well as the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines. |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 19:22 |
| But David said, “What do we have in common, 1 you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t you realize that today I am king over Israel?” |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 20:9 |
| Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” With his right hand Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard as if to greet him with a kiss. |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 20:17 |
| When he approached her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” He replied, “I am.” She said to him, “Listen to the words of your servant.” He said, “Go ahead. I’m listening.” |
| (0.28) | 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 – |
| (0.28) | 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. |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 23:4 |
| is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth. |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 23:21 |
| He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. 1 The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked 2 him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 24:3 |
| Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?” |
| (0.28) | 2Sa 24:9 |
| Joab reported the number of warriors 1 to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers. |
| (0.28) | 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.” |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 1:5 |
| Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith, 1 was promoting himself, 2 boasting, 3 “I will be king!” He managed to acquire 4 chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard. 5 |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 1:19 |
| He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon. |
| (0.28) | 1Ki 1:30 |
| I will keep 1 today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: ‘Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.’” |
