Discovery Box| (0.29) | 2Sa 2:5 |
| So David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh Gilead and told them, “May you be blessed by the Lord because you have shown this kindness 1 to your lord Saul by burying him. |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 2:8 |
| Now Abner son of Ner, the general in command of Saul’s army, had taken Saul’s son Ish-bosheth 1 and had brought him to Mahanaim. |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 2:16 |
| As they grappled with one another, each one stabbed his opponent with his sword and they fell dead together. 1 So that place is called the Field of Flints; 2 it is in Gibeon. |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 2:21 |
| Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers 1 and take his equipment for yourself!” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him. |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 3:1 |
| However, the war was prolonged between the house of Saul and the house of David. David was becoming steadily stronger, while the house of Saul was becoming increasingly weaker. |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 3:12 |
| Then Abner sent messengers 1 to David saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement 2 with me, and I will do whatever I can 3 to cause all Israel to turn to you.” |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 3:18 |
| Act now! For the Lord has said to David, ‘By the hand of my servant David I will save 1 my people Israel from 2 the Philistines and from all their enemies.’” |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 3:19 |
| Then Abner spoke privately 1 with the Benjaminites. Abner also went to Hebron to inform David privately 2 of all that Israel and the entire house of Benjamin had agreed to. 3 |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 3:24 |
| So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Abner 1 has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he’s gone on his way! 2 |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 3:27 |
| When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him 1 in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel. 2 |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 3:35 |
| Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, “God will punish me severely 1 if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!” |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 4:5 |
| Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite – Recab and Baanah – went at the hottest part of the day to the home of Ish-bosheth, as he was enjoying his midday rest. |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 4:10 |
| when someone told me that Saul was dead – even though he thought he was bringing good news 1 – I seized him and killed him in Ziklag. That was the good news I gave to him! |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 4:11 |
| Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept 1 in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove 2 you from the earth?” |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 5:20 |
| So David marched against Baal Perazim and defeated them there. Then he said, “The Lord has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out.” So he called the name of that place Baal Perazim. 1 |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 5:23 |
| So David asked the Lord what he should do. 1 This time 2 the Lord 3 said to him, “Don’t march straight up. Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees. 4 |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 6:16 |
| As the ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him. 1 |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 7:6 |
| I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent. 1 |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 7:8 |
| “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd 1 to make you leader of my people Israel. |
| (0.29) | 2Sa 7:9 |
| I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated 1 all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. 2 |
