I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. I will speak about you to my father. When I find out what the problem is, I will let you know.”

Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the servant who was with him. He said to him, “Go, take these things back to the city.”

So David asked the Lord, “Should I go and strike down these Philistines?” The Lord said to David, “Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.”

So Abner spoke again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. How then could I show my face in the presence of Joab your brother?”

Her husband went along behind her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Finally Abner said to him, “Go back!” So he returned home.

“Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?

I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth.

Joab said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me, you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, I will come to your rescue.

So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’

Nonetheless, because you have treated the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die.”

So David said to Ittai, “Come along then.” So Ittai the Gittite went along, accompanied by all his men and all the dependents who were with him.

The king said to Ziba, “Everything that was Mephibosheth’s now belongs to you.” Ziba replied, “I bow before you. May I find favor in your sight, my lord the king.”

The king replied, “Kimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever I deem appropriate. And whatever you choose, I will do for you.”

The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go count Israel and Judah.”

King Solomon sent men to bring him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him, “Go home.”

Next the king summoned Shimei and told him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there – but you may not leave there to go anywhere!

One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell me what I should give you.”

I grant your request, and give you a wise and discerning mind superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you.

Furthermore, I am giving you what you did not request – riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation.

“The time will come when your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, and pray for your help in this temple,