When the time comes for you to die, ¹  I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, ²  and I will establish his kingdom.

So Hanun seized David’s servants and shaved off half of each one’s beard. He cut the lower part of their robes off so that their buttocks were exposed, ¹  and then sent them away.

Then the king said to Joab, “All right! I ¹  will do this thing! Go and bring back the young man Absalom!

For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose ¹  you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant. ² 

He instructed the messenger as follows: “When you finish giving the battle report to the king,

So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly ¹  over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too.

Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. David took Metheg Ammah ¹  from the Philistines. ² 

When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, ¹  and came to Helam. The Arameans deployed their forces against David and fought with him.

So David sent a message to Joab that said, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and had marital relations with her. ¹  She gave birth to a son, and David ²  named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved the child ³ 

So now assemble the rest of the army ¹  and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city and it will be named for me.”

So Tamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, who was lying down. She took the dough, kneaded it, made some cakes while he watched, ¹  and baked them. ² 

He called his personal attendant and said to him, “Take this woman out of my sight ¹  and lock the door behind her!”

Absalom said to Hushai, “Do you call this loyalty to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”

So the king returned and came to the Jordan River. ¹  Now the people of Judah ²  had come to Gilgal to meet the king and to help him ³  cross the Jordan.

Now when Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, he crossed the Jordan with the king so he could send him on his way from there. ¹ 

I will cross the Jordan with the king and go a short distance. ¹  Why should the king reward me in this way?

David ¹  brought the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son from there; they also gathered up the bones of those who had been executed.

Another battle was fought between the Philistines and Israel. So David went down with his soldiers ¹  and fought the Philistines. David became exhausted.

The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go count Israel and Judah.” ¹