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Then he said to me, ‘Please stand beside me and kill me, for agony has seized me because my life still lingers in me.’

Verse ConceptsSuicideAnguish, CauseDesire For DeathAs Long As Life LastsApproval To Kill Oneself

So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

Verse ConceptsBraceletsHeadsHead coveringOrnamentsKilling Kings

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.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfEveningLossWeepingAction Until EveningFasting In MourningMourning The Death Of Others

David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, “May you be blessed of the Lord because you have shown this kindness to Saul your lord, and have buried him.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutKindnessMay God Bless!

Now may the Lord show lovingkindness and truth to you; and I also will show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing.

Verse ConceptsAppreciationGoodnessdevotion

And he could no longer answer Abner a word, because he was afraid of him.

Verse ConceptsOthers Not AnsweringFear Of Individuals

So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.

Verse ConceptsWhy People Did ThingsKilling Named Individuals

David became angry because of the Lord’s outburst against Uzzah, and that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day.

Verse ConceptsAngry PeopleGiven Names To This Day

Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. And Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze.

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David is honoring your father because he has sent consolers to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfPrejudiceSpiesAccusations, False ExamplesSpying

He must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion.”

Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanFourfoldPeople Without Mercy

Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’

Verse ConceptsRetributionKilling Will HappenTransferring Wives

However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die.”

Verse ConceptsdisgraceReproachHow Sin Comes With AfflictionsNearness Of DeathBlasphemyDeath Will Soon HappenEnemies Of God

Amnon was so frustrated because of his sister Tamar that he made himself ill, for she was a virgin, and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.

Verse ConceptsInfatuationSick IndividualsHard Tasks

But she said to him, “No, because this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you have done to me!” Yet he would not listen to her.

But Absalom did not speak to Amnon either good or bad; for Absalom hated Amnon because he had violated his sister Tamar.

Verse ConceptsBitterness, Examples OfGrudgesHatredLove, And The WorldIndividuals Being SilentNamed SistersHating Individuals

Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, responded, “Do not let my lord suppose they have put to death all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon alone is dead; because by the intent of Absalom this has been determined since the day that he violated his sister Tamar.

Verse ConceptsPrincesNamed SistersKilling Named IndividualsHalf brothers

But Joab said to him, “You are not the man to carry news this day, but you shall carry news another day; however, you shall carry no news today because the king’s son is dead.”

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah said, “Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord’s anointed?”

Verse ConceptsThe Anointed OneThe Lord's AnointedCursing The Ungodly

So he answered, “O my lord, the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.

Verse ConceptsBackPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysThose Who Deceived

Then all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s expense, or has anything been taken for us?”

Verse ConceptsRelatives

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfFamine, Examples OfFace Of GodGod's Activity In IsraelAnger Of God, Examples OfThree YearsFound GuiltyFamily Problemssaul

But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord which was between them, between David and Saul’s son Jonathan.

“Then the earth shook and quaked,
The foundations of heaven were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.

Verse ConceptsearthquakesEarth's FoundationGod Has AngerThe Universe Affected

He also brought me forth into a broad place;
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.

Verse ConceptsGod Saving From EnemiesSpacious Place

But the worthless, every one of them will be thrust away like thorns,
Because they cannot be taken in hand;

Verse ConceptsThornsEvil AssociationsThe Wicked Will Perish

These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains, he was called Adino the Eznite, because of eight hundred slain by him at one time;

Verse ConceptsThe Mighty MenSeven To Nine HundredKilling Many People