And you didn&#8217;t stop there, O <sc>Lordsc> God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant&#8217;s family.<n id="1" /> Is this your usual way of dealing with men,<n id="2" /> O <sc>Lordsc> God?

The king asked him, &#8220;Where is he?&#8221; Ziba told the king, &#8220;He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.p>

But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all<n id="1" /> the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.p>

<p class="bodytext">So David sent Tamar to the house saying, &#8220;Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare some food for him.&#8221;

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,<n id="1" /> and baked them.<n id="2" />

The Tekoan woman said to the king, &#8220;My lord the king, let any blame fall on me and on the house of my father. But let the king and his throne be innocent!&#8221;p>

But a young man saw them on one occasion and informed Absalom. So the two of them quickly departed and went to the house of a man in Bahurim. There was a well in his courtyard, and they got down in it.

They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s people, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword.p>

The men of Judah came and there they anointed David as king over the people<n id="1" /> of Judah.p> <p class="bodytext">David was told,<n id="2" /> &#8220;The people<n id="3" /> of Jabesh Gilead are the ones who buried Saul.&#8221;

Ish-bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he began to rule over Israel. He ruled two years. However, the people<n id="1" /> of Judah followed David.

<p class="bodytext">Then Abner spoke privately<n id="1" /> with the Benjaminites. Abner also went to Hebron to inform David privately<n id="2" /> of all that Israel and the entire house of Benjamin had agreed to.<n id="3" />

May his blood whirl over<n id="1" /> the head of Joab and the entire house of his father!<n id="2" /> May the males of Joab&#8217;s house<n id="3" /> never cease to have<n id="4" /> someone with a running sore or a skin disease or one who works at the spindle<n id="5" /> or one who falls by the sword or one who lacks food!&#8221;p>

David was told,<n id="1" /> &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.&#8221; So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.

Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say<n id="1" /> to any of the leaders<n id="2" /> whom I appointed to care for<n id="3" /> my people Israel, &#8220;Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?&#8221;&#8217;p>

and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief<n id="1" /> from all your enemies. The <sc>Lordsc> declares<n id="2" /> to you that he himself<n id="3" /> will build a dynastic house<n id="4" /> for you.

for you, O <sc>Lordsc> of hosts, the God of Israel, have told<n id="1" /> your servant, &#8216;I will build you a dynastic house.&#8217;<n id="2" /> That is why your servant has had the courage<n id="3" /> to pray this prayer to you.

One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace.<n id="1" /> From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.<n id="2" />

So David got up from the ground, bathed, put on oil, and changed his clothes. He went to the house of the <sc>Lordsc> and worshiped. Then, when he entered his palace, he requested that food be brought to him, and he ate.p>

<p class="bodytext">Her brother Absalom said to her, &#8220;Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don&#8217;t take it so seriously!&#8221;<n id="1" /> Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom.p>

The king asked, &#8220;Where is your master&#8217;s grandson?&#8221;<n id="1" /> Ziba replied to the king, &#8220;He remains in Jerusalem,<n id="2" /> for he said, &#8216;Today the house of Israel will give back to me my grandfather&#8217;s<n id="3" /> kingdom.&#8217;&#8221;