David inquired, "How were things going? Tell me!" He replied, "The people fled from the battle and many of them fell dead. Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead!"

David said to the young man who was telling him this, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?"

David replied to him, "How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?"

The beauty of Israel lies slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

How the warriors have fallen in the midst of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your high places!

How the warriors have fallen! The weapons of war are destroyed!

So Abner spoke again to Asahel, "Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. How then could I show my face in the presence of Joab your brother?"

David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, "How will the ark of the Lord ever come to me?"

When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to meet him. She said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants' slave girls the way a vulgar fool might do!"

When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going.

On the seventh day the child died. But the servants of David were afraid to inform him that the child had died, for they said, "While the child was still alive he would not listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He will do himself harm!"

How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools in Israel! Just speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you."

The king replied, "How is the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz replied, "I saw a great deal of confusion when Joab was sending the king's servant and me, your servant, but I don't know what it was all about."

The king asked the Cushite, "How is the young man Absalom?" The Cushite replied, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you be like that young man!"

Barzillai replied to the king, "How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Joab said to Amasa, "How are you, my brother?" With his right hand Joab took hold of Amasa's beard as if to greet him with a kiss.

She said, "In the past they would always say, 'Let them inquire in Abel,' and that is how they settled things.

David said to the Gibeonites, "What can I do for you, and how can I make amends so that you will bless the Lord's inheritance?"

David was thirsty and said, "How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate!"