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- 2 Samuel 15:4
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And he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”
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- 2 Samuel 15:5
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Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.
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- 2 Samuel 15:7
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After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.
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- 2 Samuel 15:12
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While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
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- 2 Samuel 15:13
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Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
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- 2 Samuel 15:14
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And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
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- 2 Samuel 15:21
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But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
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- 2 Samuel 15:32
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When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
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- 2 Samuel 15:33
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David said to him, “If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.
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- 2 Samuel 15:34
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But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
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- 2 Samuel 15:35
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Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
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- 2 Samuel 16:16
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And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
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- 2 Samuel 16:18
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“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
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- 2 Samuel 16:19
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Furthermore, whom should I serve if not his son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”
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- 2 Samuel 17:3
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and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
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- 2 Samuel 17:9
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Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
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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 17:27
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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 18:3
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But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”
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- 2 Samuel 18:6
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So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.
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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 18:8
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The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
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- 2 Samuel 18:22
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Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”
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- 2 Samuel 18:23
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“No matter what, I want to run!” he replied. “Then run!” Joab told him. So Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.
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- 2 Samuel 18:32
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The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
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- 2 Samuel 19:2
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And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
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Source alternate reference: 19.3
- 2 Samuel 19:9
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And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
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Source alternate reference: 19.10
- 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 19:12
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You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’
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Source alternate reference: 19.13
- 2 Samuel 19:13
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And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from now on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
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Source alternate reference: 19.14
- 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 19:25
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And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
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Source alternate reference: 19.26
- 2 Samuel 19:28
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For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”
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Source alternate reference: 19.29
- 2 Samuel 19:35
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I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
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Source alternate reference: 19.36
- 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 20:3
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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 20:26
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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 21:15
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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 21:18
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Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha.
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- 2 Samuel 21:19
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Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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- 2 Samuel 21:20
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And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
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- 2 Samuel 22:19
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They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
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- 2 Samuel 22:24
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And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
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- 2 Samuel 23:11
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And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
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- 2 Samuel 23:19
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Was he not more honored than the Three? And he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
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- 2 Samuel 24:9
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And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
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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 24:13
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So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
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- 2 Samuel 24:16
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But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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