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- 2 Samuel 1:15
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Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.
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- 2 Samuel 1:16
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For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
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- 2 Samuel 1:18
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and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:
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- 2 Samuel 2:1
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Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
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- 2 Samuel 2:4
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Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
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- 2 Samuel 2:5
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So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.
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- 2 Samuel 2:14
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Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
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- 2 Samuel 2:20
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And Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” Asahel replied.
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- 2 Samuel 2:21
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So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
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- 2 Samuel 2:22
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Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”
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- 2 Samuel 2:26
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Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
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- 2 Samuel 2:27
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“As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
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- 2 Samuel 3:7
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Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”
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- 2 Samuel 3:8
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Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
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- 2 Samuel 3:12
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Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”
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- 2 Samuel 3:13
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“Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”
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- 2 Samuel 3:14
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Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
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- 2 Samuel 3:16
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Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.
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- 2 Samuel 3:17
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Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
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- 2 Samuel 3:18
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Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
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- 2 Samuel 3:21
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Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
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- 2 Samuel 3:23
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When Joab and all his troops arrived, he was informed, “Abner son of Ner came to see the king, who sent him on his way in peace.”
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- 2 Samuel 3:24
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So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!
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- 2 Samuel 3:28
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Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
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- 2 Samuel 3:31
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Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
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- 2 Samuel 3:33
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And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
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- 2 Samuel 3:35
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Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
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- 2 Samuel 3:38
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Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
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- 2 Samuel 4:8
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They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
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- 2 Samuel 4:9
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But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
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- 2 Samuel 4:10
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when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
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- 2 Samuel 5:1
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Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
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- 2 Samuel 5:2
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Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
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- 2 Samuel 5:6
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Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
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- 2 Samuel 5:8
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On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
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- 2 Samuel 5:19
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So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
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- 2 Samuel 5:20
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So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
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- 2 Samuel 5:23
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So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
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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 6:12
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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 6:20
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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 6:22
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and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
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- 2 Samuel 7:2
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he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
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- 2 Samuel 7:3
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And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
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- 2 Samuel 7:4
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But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
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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 7:7
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In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
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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 7:18
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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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