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2 Samuel · read by Chuck Smith
209 verses, in order. Only the verses Chuck read aloud are shown.
2 Samuel 1
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On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul's camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.Read from KJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 1
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"What was the outcome?" David asked. "Please tell me." "The troops fled from the battle," he replied. "Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"Read from NASB1995 · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 1
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When he turned around and saw me, he called out and I answered, 'Here I am!'Read from ESV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 1
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'Who are you?' he asked. So I told him, 'I am an Amalekite.'Read from NASB1995 · David Gaining Strength and Encouragement in the Lord Part 1
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Then he begged me, 'Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord."Read from KJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 1
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They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.Read from ESV · David Gaining Strength and Encouragement in the Lord Part 1
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And David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, "Where are you from?" "I am the son of a foreigner," he answered. "I am an Amalekite."Read from KJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 1
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Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,Read from KJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 1
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"Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.Read from KJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 1
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From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.Read from KJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 1
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How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished!"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
2 Samuel 2
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So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.Read from KJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 2
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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."Read from NKJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 2
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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.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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Now may the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness, and I will also show you the same favor because you have done this.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king."Read from NKJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 2
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Saul's son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.Read from KJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 2
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and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.Read from KJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 2
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The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.Read from KJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 2
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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."Read from KJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 2
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When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David's servants were missing,Read from KJV · David Lamenting Over the Death of Saul Part 2
2 Samuel 3
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Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba."Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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So Ish-bosheth sent and took Michal from her husband Paltiel son of Laish.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, "In the past you sought David as your king.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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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.'"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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Abner also spoke to the Benjamites and went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner's tomb, and all the people wept.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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And the king sang this lament for Abner: "Should Abner die the death of a fool?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell." And all the people wept over him even more.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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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!"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!"Read from KJV · Divine Justice
2 Samuel 4
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How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
2 Samuel 5
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So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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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."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
2 Samuel 6
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And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.Read from KJV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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That day David feared the LORD and asked, "How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?"Read from KJV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.Read from KJV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.Read from KJV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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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.Read from NKJV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.Read from KJV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,Read from KJV · A Marriage Gone Sour
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while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram's horn.Read from NKJV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.Read from KJV · A Marriage Gone Sour
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So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.Read from KJV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.Read from KJV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.Read from NASB1995 · A Marriage Gone Sour
2 Samuel 7
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After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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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."Read from ESV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.Read from KJV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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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?'Read from KJV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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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 beginningRead from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.Read from NKJV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.Read from KJV · The Ark to Jerusalem
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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?Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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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?Read from KJV · Speechless
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What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.Read from KJV · God's Covenant With David
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For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.Read from NKJV · God's Covenant With David
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How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, 'The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.' And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.Read from NKJV · God's Covenant With David
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For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, 'I will build a house for you.' Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 1-7
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Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever."Read from NKJV · God's Covenant With David
2 Samuel 8
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And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 8-16
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Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 8-16
2 Samuel 10
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Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 8-16
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Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 8-16
2 Samuel 11
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Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.Read from KJV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 1
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The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.Read from ESV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 1
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And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David's servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.Read from KJV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 1
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Joab sent to David a full account of the battleRead from NKJV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 2
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So the messenger set out and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to say.Read from KJV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 1
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The messenger said to David, "The men overpowered us and came out against us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.Read from KJV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 1
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Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well."Read from NKJV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 2
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When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.Read from KJV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 1
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And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.Read from ESV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 2
2 Samuel 12
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Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, "There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.Read from KJV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 2
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The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,Read from KJV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 2
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but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.Read from KJV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 2
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David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: "As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!Read from KJV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 2
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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.Read from KJV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 2
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Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'Read from ESV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 2
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This is what the LORD says: 'I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.Read from ESV · False Conclusions
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You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.'"Read from ESV · David's Attempt to Cover His Sin Part 2
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Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." "The LORD has taken away your sin," Nathan replied. "You will not die.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 8-16
2 Samuel 14
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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.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 8-16
2 Samuel 15
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Then the king said to Zadok, "Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.Read from KJV · Commitment
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But if He should say, 'I do not delight in you,' then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him."Read from KJV · Commitment
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See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me."Read from KJV · David Setting Out to Destroy the Purpose of Absalom
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So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there.Read from KJV · David Setting Out to Destroy the Purpose of Absalom
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Now someone told David: "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." So David pleaded, "O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!"Read from KJV · David Setting Out to Destroy the Purpose of Absalom
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So David's friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.Read from NASB1995 · David Setting Out to Destroy the Purpose of Absalom
2 Samuel 16
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So the king said to Ziba, "All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!" "I humbly bow before you," said Ziba. "May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!"Read from KJV · David Setting Out to Destroy the Purpose of Absalom
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He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David's right and left.Read from ESV · David Setting Out to Destroy the Purpose of Absalom
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And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, "Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!Read from KJV · David Setting Out to Destroy the Purpose of Absalom
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Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.Read from KJV · David Setting Out to Destroy the Purpose of Absalom
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"Not at all," Hushai answered. "For the one chosen by the LORD, by the people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.Read from KJV · David Setting Out to Destroy the Purpose of Absalom
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Furthermore, whom should I serve if not the son? As I served in your father's presence, so also I will serve in yours."Read from NKJV · David Setting Out to Destroy the Purpose of Absalom
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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.Read from KJV · David Setting Out to Destroy the Purpose of Absalom
2 Samuel 17
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Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.Read from KJV · Root of Bitterness
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I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the kingRead from KJV · Root of Bitterness
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This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.Read from KJV · Root of Bitterness
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So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.Read from KJV · Absalom Rejecting Good and Wise Council
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So the Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.Read from KJV · Absalom Rejecting Good and Wise Council
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When David came to Mahanaim, he was met by Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim.Read from KJV · Absalom Rejecting Good and Wise Council
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They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,Read from KJV · Absalom Rejecting Good and Wise Council
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honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, "The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 17-24
2 Samuel 18
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The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 17-24
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Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom's head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 17-24
2 Samuel 19
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Then it was reported to Joab, "The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom."Read from ESV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 1
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And that day's victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, "The king is grieving over his son."Read from KJV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 1
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But the king covered his face and cried out at the top of his voice, "O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!"Read from ESV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 1
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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.Read from KJV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 1
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So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.Read from KJV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 2
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Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,Read from KJV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 2
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and said, "My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant's wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.Read from KJV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 1
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For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king."Read from KJV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 2
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But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, "Shouldn't Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?"Read from ESV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 2
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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?"Read from KJV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 2
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So the king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." And the king swore an oath to him.Read from KJV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 1
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And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, "Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?"Read from ESV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 2
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And Mephibosheth said to the king, "Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!"Read from KJV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 2
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Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king.Read from KJV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 2
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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?"Read from KJV · David's Return to Jerusalem Part 2
2 Samuel 20
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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.Read from KJV · Absalom Rejecting Good and Wise Council
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So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 17-24
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So Joab's men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 17-24
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And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 17-24
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"Are you well, my brother?" Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) 2 Samuel 17-24
2 Samuel 21
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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,Read from KJV · David as He Avenges the Gibionites
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let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD." "I will give them to you," said the king.Read from KJV · David as He Avenges the Gibionites
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When David was told what Saul's concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,Read from KJV · David as He Avenges the Gibionites
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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.Read from KJV · David as He Avenges the Gibionites
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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."Read from KJV · David as He Avenges the Gibionites
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Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.Read from KJV · David as He Avenges the Gibionites
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and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David's brother Shimei killed him.Read from KJV · David as He Avenges the Gibionites
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So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.Read from NASB1995 · David as He Avenges the Gibionites
2 Samuel 22
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And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.Read from KJV · David's Actions in Praise for God's Deliverance
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He said: "The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.Read from ESV · David's Actions in Praise for God's Deliverance
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I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Psalms 16-19
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The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Psalms 16-19
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In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.Read from KJV · David's Actions in Praise for God's Deliverance
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Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Psalms 16-19
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He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Psalms 16-19
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He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.Read from KJV · David's Actions in Praise for God's Deliverance
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He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.Read from KJV · David's Actions in Praise for God's Deliverance
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From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.Read from KJV · David's Actions in Praise for God's Deliverance
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The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.Read from ESV · David's Actions in Praise for God's Deliverance
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He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.Read from KJV · David's Actions in Praise for God's Deliverance
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The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.Read from KJV · David's Actions in Praise for God's Deliverance
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He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Psalms 16-19
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He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.Read from KJV · David's Actions in Praise for God's Deliverance
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They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Psalms 16-19
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He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.Read from KJV · David's Actions in Praise for God's Deliverance
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The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Psalms 16-19
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For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.Read from ESV · David's Actions in Praise for God's Deliverance
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For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.Read from NKJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Psalms 16-19
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You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—Read from NASB1995 · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me,Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
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Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever."Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 1
2 Samuel 23
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But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 2
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At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.Read from KJV · David's Song of Deliverance Part 2
2 Samuel 24
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So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.Read from KJV · David's Desire to Seek the Lord
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But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand now!" At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.Read from KJV · David's Desire to Seek the Lord
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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."Read from KJV · David's Desire to Seek the Lord
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So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.Read from KJV · David's Desire to Seek the Lord
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When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.Read from KJV · David's Desire to Seek the Lord
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And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.Read from KJV · David's Desire to Seek the Lord