Discovery Box| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 11:21 |
| Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn’t a woman throw an upper millstone<n id="1" /> down on him from the wall so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?’ just say to him, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”p> |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 11:25 |
| David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing upset you.<n id="1" /> There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down.<n id="2" /> Press the battle against the city and conquer<n id="3" /> it.’ Encourage him with these words.”<n id="4" />p> |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 12:1 |
| <t /><p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc> sent Nathan<n id="1" /> to David. When he came to David,<n id="2" /> Nathan<n id="3" /> said,<n id="4" /> “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 12:4 |
| <p class="bodytext">“When a traveler arrived at the rich man’s home,<n id="1" /> he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed<n id="2" /> the traveler who had come to visit him.<n id="3" /> Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and cooked<n id="4" /> it for the man who had come to visit him.”p> |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 12:11 |
| This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you<n id="1" /> from inside your own household!<n id="2" /> Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion.<n id="3" /> He will have sexual relations with<n id="4" /> your wives in broad daylight!<n id="5" /> |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 12:30 |
| He took the crown of their king<n id="1" /> from his head – it was gold, weighed about seventy-five pounds,<n id="2" /> and held a precious stone – and it was placed on David’s head. He also took from the city a great deal of plunder. |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 13:4 |
| He asked Amnon,<n id="1" /> “Why are you, the king’s son,<n id="2" /> so depressed every morning? Can’t you tell me?” So Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom.” |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 13:5 |
| Jonadab replied to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick.<n id="1" /> When your father comes in to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can fix some food for me. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I can watch. Then I will eat from her hand.’”p> |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 13:10 |
| <p class="bodytext">Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the cakes into the bedroom; then I will eat from your hand.” So Tamar took the cakes that she had prepared and brought them to her brother Amnon in the bedroom. |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 13:13 |
| How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools<n id="1" /> in Israel! Just<n id="2" /> speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.” |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 13:20 |
| <p class="bodytext">Her brother Absalom said to her, “Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take it so seriously!”<n id="1" /> Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom.p> |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 14:18 |
| <p class="bodytext">Then the king replied to the woman, “Don’t hide any information from me when I question you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king speak!” |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 14:30 |
| So he said to his servants, “Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire.”<n id="1" /> So Absalom’s servants set Joab’s<n id="2" /> portion of the field on fire.p> |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 15:14 |
| So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> “Come on!<n id="2" /> Let’s escape!<n id="3" /> Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring<n id="4" /> disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.”<n id="5" /> |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 15:20 |
| It seems like you arrived just yesterday. Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go. But as for you, go back and take your men<n id="1" /> with you. May genuine loyal love<n id="2" /> protect<n id="3" /> you!”p> |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 15:21 |
| <p class="bodytext">But Ittai replied to the king, “As surely as the <sc>Lordsc> lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether dead or alive,<n id="1" /> there I<n id="2" /> will be as well!” |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 15:23 |
| <p class="bodytext">All the land was weeping loudly<n id="1" /> as all these people were leaving.<n id="2" /> As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving<n id="3" /> on the road that leads to the desert. |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 15:34 |
| But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king! Previously I was your father’s servant, and now I will be your servant.’ |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 16:3 |
| The king asked, “Where is your master’s grandson?”<n id="1" /> Ziba replied to the king, “He remains in Jerusalem,<n id="2" /> for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give back to me my grandfather’s<n id="3" /> kingdom.’” |
| (0.28373315923567) | 2Sa 16:8 |
| The <sc>Lordsc> has punished you for<n id="1" /> all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the <sc>Lordsc> has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!”p> |
