And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.

The word of Abner was with the elders of Israel, saying, You sought for David in times past to be king over you.

And that night the Word of Jehovah came to Nathan saying,

In all places in which I have walked with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, those I commanded to feed My people Israel, saying, Why do you not build Me a house of cedars?

For Your Word's sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things to make Your servant know.

And now, O Jehovah God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant, and concerning his house: establish it forever, and do as You have said.

Why have you despised the Word of Jehovah, to do evil in His sight? You have stricken Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.

Then the woman said, Please let your handmaid speak one more word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on!

And your handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comforting. For as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, to see what is good and bad. And Jehovah your God will be with you.

Behold, I will wait in the plain of the wilderness until there comes word from you to tell me.

And Hushai came in to Absalom. And Absalom spoke to him saying, Ahithophel has spoken in this way. Shall we do his word? If not, you speak.

And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. And now why do you not speak a word about bringing the king back?

And King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? For the word of all Israel has come to the king, to his house.

And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them but did not go in to them. And they were shut up till the day of their death, living in widowhood.

As for God, His way is perfect. The Word of Jehovah is tried. He is a shield to all those who seek refuge in Him.

The Spirit of Jehovah spoke by me, and His Word was in my tongue.

But the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the commanders of the army. And Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel.

And David rose up in the morning. And the Word of Jehovah came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,