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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 10:19
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When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
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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 11:11
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Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
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- 2 Samuel 12:7
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Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
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- 2 Samuel 12:8
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I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
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- 2 Samuel 12:12
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You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
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- 2 Samuel 13:12
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“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
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- 2 Samuel 13:13
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Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
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- 2 Samuel 14:25
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Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
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- 2 Samuel 15:2
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He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
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- 2 Samuel 15:6
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Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
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- 2 Samuel 15:10
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Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
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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 16:3
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“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
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- 2 Samuel 16:15
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Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
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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 16:21
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Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
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- 2 Samuel 16:22
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So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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- 2 Samuel 17:4
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This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
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- 2 Samuel 17:10
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Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
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- 2 Samuel 17:11
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Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
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- 2 Samuel 17:13
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If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
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- 2 Samuel 17:14
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Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
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- 2 Samuel 17:15
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So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
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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 17:26
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So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
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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 18:16
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Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
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- 2 Samuel 18:17
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They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
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- 2 Samuel 19:8
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So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.
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Source alternate reference: 19.9
- 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 19:22
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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 19:40
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Then the king crossed over to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.
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Source alternate reference: 19.41
- 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 19:42
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And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
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Source alternate reference: 19.43
- 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 20:14
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Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel-beth-maacah and through the entire region of the Berites, who gathered together and followed him.
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- 2 Samuel 20:19
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I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
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- 2 Samuel 20:23
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Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
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- 2 Samuel 21:2
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At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
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- 2 Samuel 21:4
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The Gibeonites said to him, “We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us.” “Whatever you ask, I will do for you,” he replied.
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- 2 Samuel 21:5
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And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,
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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 21:17
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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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