But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan:

Because of Your word and according to Your will, You have revealed all these great things to Your servant.

The woman conceived and sent word to inform David: “I am pregnant.”

David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to your brother Amnon’s house and prepare a meal for him.”

Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?”

“Speak,” he replied.

Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the Angel of God. May the Lord your God be with you.”

Remember, I’ll wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”

Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone asking about a word from God—such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

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King David sent word to the priests, Zadok and Abiathar: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace? The talk of all Israel has reached the king at his house.

So he won over all the men of Judah, and they sent word to the king: “Come back, you and all your servants.”

God—His way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is pure.
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me,
His word was on my tongue.