Then Jesse presented Shammah. But Samuel said, “The Lord has not chosen this one either.”

(Now the servant did not understand any of this. Only Jonathan and David knew what was going on.)

May the Lord judge between the two of us, and may the Lord vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.

It’s like the old proverb says: ‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

and said to her servants, “Go on ahead of me. I will come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

David replied to him, “How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

Saul and Jonathan were greatly loved during their lives, and not even in their deaths were they separated. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, had no children to the day of her death.

But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without seeing the king’s face.

However, if he should say, ‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate.”

Hushai replied to Absalom, “Ahithophel’s advice is not sound this time.”

The king said to Shimei, “You won’t die.” The king vowed an oath concerning this.

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.

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.

From the three he was given honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of the three.

He received honor from the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king did not have sexual relations with her.

But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, or his brother Solomon.

But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, my master the king, are not even aware of it!