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- 2 Samuel 6:9
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That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
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- 2 Samuel 6:10
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So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
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- 2 Samuel 6:12
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Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
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- 2 Samuel 6:14
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And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,
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- 2 Samuel 6:15
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while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.
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- 2 Samuel 6:16
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As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
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- 2 Samuel 6:17
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So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
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- 2 Samuel 6:18
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When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
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- 2 Samuel 6:20
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When David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
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- 2 Samuel 6:21
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But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,
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- 2 Samuel 7:5
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“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
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- 2 Samuel 7:8
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Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
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- 2 Samuel 7:17
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So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire revelation.
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- 2 Samuel 7:18
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Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
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- 2 Samuel 7:20
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What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.
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- 2 Samuel 7:26
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so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
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- 2 Samuel 8:1
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Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
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- 2 Samuel 8:2
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David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
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- 2 Samuel 8:3
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David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
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- 2 Samuel 8:4
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David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
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- 2 Samuel 8:5
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When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
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- 2 Samuel 8:6
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Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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- 2 Samuel 8:7
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And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Samuel 8:8
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And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
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- 2 Samuel 8:9
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When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
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- 2 Samuel 8:10
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he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,
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- 2 Samuel 8:11
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and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—
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- 2 Samuel 8:13
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And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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- 2 Samuel 8:14
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He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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- 2 Samuel 8:15
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Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
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- 2 Samuel 8:18
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Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.
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- 2 Samuel 9:1
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Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
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- 2 Samuel 9:2
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And there was a servant of the house of Saul named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.
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- 2 Samuel 9:5
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So King David had him brought from the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar.
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- 2 Samuel 9:6
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And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
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- 2 Samuel 9:7
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“Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
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- 2 Samuel 10:2
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And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,
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- 2 Samuel 10:3
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the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
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- 2 Samuel 10:4
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So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
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- 2 Samuel 10:5
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When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
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- 2 Samuel 10:6
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When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
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- 2 Samuel 10:7
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On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.
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- 2 Samuel 10:17
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When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.
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- 2 Samuel 10:18
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But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.
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- 2 Samuel 11:1
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In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
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- 2 Samuel 11:2
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One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
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- 2 Samuel 11:3
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So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
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- 2 Samuel 11:4
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Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
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- 2 Samuel 11:5
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And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
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- 2 Samuel 11:6
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At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
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