2 Samuel 16 New King James Version (NKJV) Mephibosheth’s Servant 16 When David was a little past the top of the mountain, there was Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred summer fruits,
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2 Samuel 15 New King James Version (NKJV) Absalom’s Treason 15 After this it happened that Absalom provided himself with chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2 Now Absalom would rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. So it was, whenever anyone who had a lawsuit[a] came to the king for a decision, that Absalom...
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2 Samuel 14 New King James Version (NKJV) Absalom Returns to Jerusalem 14 So Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was concerned about Absalom. 2 And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning
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2 Samuel 13 King James Version (KJV) 13 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. 2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon
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15 Then Nathan departed to his house. The Death of David’s Son And the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it became ill. 16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. 17 So the elders of
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2 Samuel 12 New King James Version (NKJV) Nathan’s Parable and David’s Confession 12 Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him: “There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds. 3 But
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2 Samuel 11 New International Version (NIV) David and Bathsheba 11 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joabout with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. 2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the
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2 Samuel 10 New King James Version (NKJV) The Ammonites and Syrians Defeated 10 It happened after this that the king of the people of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place. 2 Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to
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2 Samuel 9 9 Now David said, “Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him [a]kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” 2 And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. So when they had called him to David, the king said to
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2 Samuel 8:8-18 New King James Version (NKJV) 8 Also from [a]Betah and from Berothai,[b] cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze. 9 When [c]Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer, 10 then Toi sent [d]Joram his son to King David, to [e]greet him and bless him, because he had fought...
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