Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you.”

For I made this vow when I was living in Geshur in Aram: ‘If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, I will serve the Lord.’”

Some time later Absalom managed to acquire a chariot and horses, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.

You rescue me from a hostile army; you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

He called his personal attendant and said to him, “Take this woman out of my sight and lock the door behind her!”

When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subjects of Israel. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

But when she took the pan and set it before him, he refused to eat. Instead Amnon said, “Get everyone out of here!” So everyone left.

Benaiah son of Jehoida supervised the Kerithites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.

brought bedding, basins, and pottery utensils. They also brought food for David and all who were with him, including wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,

“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.”

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.