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- Judges 9:37
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Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
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- Judges 11:14
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Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
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- Judges 13:8
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Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
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- Judges 13:9
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And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
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- Judges 13:21
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And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.
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- Judges 18:24
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He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
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- Judges 20:25
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That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
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- Judges 20:28
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and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
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- Ruth 1:11
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But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
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- Ruth 1:14
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Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
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- 1 Samuel 1:18
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“May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began to eat, and her face was no longer downcast.
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- 1 Samuel 3:6
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Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
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- 1 Samuel 7:13
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So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
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- 1 Samuel 10:22
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So again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
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- 1 Samuel 13:7
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Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.
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- 1 Samuel 16:11
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And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
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- 1 Samuel 18:8
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And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
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- 1 Samuel 18:29
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he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
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- 1 Samuel 20:3
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But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
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- 1 Samuel 20:14
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And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
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- 1 Samuel 23:4
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Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
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- 1 Samuel 23:22
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Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
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- 1 Samuel 26:21
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Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
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- 1 Samuel 27:1
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David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
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- 1 Samuel 27:4
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And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
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- 1 Samuel 28:15
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Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
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- 2 Samuel 1:9
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Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’
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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 2:28
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So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
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- 2 Samuel 3:11
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And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.
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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 5:13
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After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
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- 2 Samuel 5:22
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Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
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- 2 Samuel 6:1
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David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.
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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 7:10
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And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
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- 2 Samuel 7:19
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And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?
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- 2 Samuel 7:20
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What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.
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- 2 Samuel 9:1
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Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
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- 2 Samuel 9:3
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So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”
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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 12:22
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David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
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- 2 Samuel 12:23
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But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
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- 2 Samuel 14:10
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“If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
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- 2 Samuel 14:29
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Then he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.
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- 2 Samuel 14:32
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“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
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- 2 Samuel 18:14
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But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
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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 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