Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”

Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.

So David sent Tamar to the house saying, “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare some food for him.”

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

But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.

Now two hundred men had gone with Absalom from Jerusalem. Since they were invited, they went naively and were unaware of what Absalom was planning.

Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you reaches me.”

Then the king replied to him, “Why should you continue speaking like this? You and Ziba will inherit the field together.”

Joab answered, “Get serious! I don’t want to swallow up or destroy anything!

The earth heaved and shook; the foundations of the sky trembled. They heaved because he was angry.

You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

So I will give you thanks, O Lord, before the nations! I will sing praises to you.

Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin,

I, the servant of my lord the king, give it all to the king!” Araunah also told the king, “May the Lord your God show you favor!”

Now let me give you some advice as to how you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.

Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar.

When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son:

But King Solomon will be empowered and David’s dynasty will endure permanently before the Lord.”

By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone.