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- 2 Samuel 16:23
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Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
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- 2 Samuel 17:1
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Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
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- 2 Samuel 17:16
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Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”
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- 2 Samuel 17:17
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Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
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- 2 Samuel 17:21
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After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
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- 2 Samuel 17:22
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So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
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- 2 Samuel 17:24
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Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
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- 2 Samuel 17:27
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When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.
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- 2 Samuel 17:29
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honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
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- 2 Samuel 18:1
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Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
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- 2 Samuel 18:2
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He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”
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- 2 Samuel 18:7
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There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
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- 2 Samuel 18:9
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Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
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- 2 Samuel 18:24
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Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone.
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- 2 Samuel 19:11
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Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
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Source alternate reference: 19.12
- 2 Samuel 19:16
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Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,
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Source alternate reference: 19.17
- 2 Samuel 19:22
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And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”
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Source alternate reference: 19.23
- 2 Samuel 19:41
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Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
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Source alternate reference: 19.42
- 2 Samuel 19:43
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“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.
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Source alternate reference: 19.44
- 2 Samuel 20:1
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Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
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- 2 Samuel 20:2
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So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
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- 2 Samuel 20:3
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When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
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- 2 Samuel 20:6
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And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
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- 2 Samuel 20:11
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One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
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- 2 Samuel 20:21
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That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
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- 2 Samuel 20:26
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and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
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- 2 Samuel 21:1
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During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
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- 2 Samuel 21:3
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So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”
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- 2 Samuel 21:7
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Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
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- 2 Samuel 21:11
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When David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,
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- 2 Samuel 21:12
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he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
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- 2 Samuel 21:15
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Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines. But David became exhausted.
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- 2 Samuel 21:16
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Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
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- 2 Samuel 21:17
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But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
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- 2 Samuel 21:21
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and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
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- 2 Samuel 21:22
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So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
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- 2 Samuel 22:1
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And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
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- 2 Samuel 22:51
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Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”
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- 2 Samuel 23:1
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These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
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- 2 Samuel 23:8
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These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
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- 2 Samuel 23:9
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Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,
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- 2 Samuel 23:13
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At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
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- 2 Samuel 23:14
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At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
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- 2 Samuel 23:15
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David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
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- 2 Samuel 23:16
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So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
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- 2 Samuel 23:23
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He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
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- 2 Samuel 24:1
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Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
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- 2 Samuel 24:10
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After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
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- 2 Samuel 24:11
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When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
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- 2 Samuel 24:12
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“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
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