2 Samuel 5:8
5:8 David said on that day, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the ‘lame’ and the ‘blind’ who are David’s enemies
by going through the water tunnel.”
For this reason it is said, “The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace.”
2 Samuel 8:2
8:2 He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third.
The Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.
2 Samuel 12:4
12:4 “When a traveler arrived at the rich man’s home, he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed the traveler who had come to visit him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and cooked it for the man who had come to visit him.”
2 Samuel 16:2
16:2 The king asked Ziba, “Why did you bring these things?” Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s family to ride on, the loaves of bread and the summer fruit are for the attendants to eat, and the wine is for those who get exhausted in the desert.”
2 Samuel 19:35
19:35 I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I
taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I
continue to be a burden to my lord the king?
2 Samuel 19:42
19:42 All the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “Because the king is our close relative! Why are you so upset about this? Have we eaten at the king’s expense?
Or have we misappropriated anything for our own use?”