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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 19:12
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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 19:22
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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 19:29
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The king replied, “Why say any more? I hereby declare that you and Ziba are to divide the land.”
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Source alternate reference: 19.30
- 2 Samuel 19:34
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But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
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Source alternate reference: 19.35
- 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 19:36
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Your servant will go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?
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Source alternate reference: 19.37
- 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 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 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 21:4
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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 24:3
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But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
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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 24:17
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When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
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- 1 Kings 1:16
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And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”
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- 1 Kings 2:22
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King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
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- 1 Kings 3:5
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One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
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- 1 Kings 9:8
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And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
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- 1 Kings 9:13
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“What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram, and he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are called to this day.
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- 1 Kings 11:22
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But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”
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- 1 Kings 12:9
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He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
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- 1 Kings 12:16
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When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
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- 1 Kings 14:3
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Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”
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- 1 Kings 14:6
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So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.
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- 1 Kings 14:14
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Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day—yes, even today!
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- 1 Kings 17:18
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“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
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- 1 Kings 18:9
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But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?
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- 1 Kings 19:9
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There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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- 1 Kings 19:13
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When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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- 1 Kings 19:20
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So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
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- 1 Kings 21:5
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Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”
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- 1 Kings 22:16
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But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
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- 1 Kings 22:22
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And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
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Source alternate reference: 22.21
- 2 Kings 1:5
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When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”
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- 2 Kings 1:7
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The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”
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- 2 Kings 2:9
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After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.
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- 2 Kings 3:13
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Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
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- 2 Kings 4:2
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“How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
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- 2 Kings 4:13
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and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.
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- 2 Kings 4:14
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So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”
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- 2 Kings 4:43
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But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”
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- 2 Kings 5:8
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Now when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
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- 2 Kings 6:28
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Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’
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- 2 Kings 6:33
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While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
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- 2 Kings 7:3
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Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
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- 2 Kings 8:13
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“But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
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- 2 Kings 8:14
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So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”
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- 2 Kings 9:18
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So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
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