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Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food into the room, that I may eat from your hand." Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the room to Amnon her brother.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsPrivate Rooms

When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister!"

Verse ConceptsGraspingSexual Union Intended

Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, "Arise, be gone!"

Verse ConceptsHatredSuffering, Causes OfDefraudingMen And Women Who LovedHating Individualsheartbroken

She said to him, "Not so, because this great wrong in sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me!" But he would not listen to her.

Then he called his servant who ministered to him, and said, "Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her."

Verse ConceptsShutting DoorsLocks And Bars

Absalom her brother said to her, "Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother. Don't take this thing to heart." So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being SilentLoneliness And Depression

Absalom came to the king, and said, "See now, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant."

Verse ConceptsSheep Shearing

The king said to Absalom, "No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you." He pressed him; however he would not go, but blessed him.

Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us." The king said to him, "Why should he go with you?"

Verse ConceptsWhy Do Others Do This?

Jonadab said to the king, "Behold, the king's sons are coming! It is as your servant said."

Verse ConceptsMan's Words Fulfilled

Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, "Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilBereavement, Expression OfMourningOintmentUnhappinessAnointing OneselfPretendingDistinctive Clothing

When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, "Help, O king!"

Verse ConceptsBeggarsProstrationBowing Before David

The king said to her, "What ails you?" She answered, "Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

Verse ConceptsActual Widows

The king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you."

Verse ConceptsThe King's Orders

The woman of Tekoa said to the king, "My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless."

Verse ConceptsPlea Of Innocence

The king said, "Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more."

Verse ConceptsNot Touching

Then she said, "Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son." He said, "As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth."

Verse ConceptsAvenger of bloodHairsHairs ProtectedMan Avenging

Then the woman said, "Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Say on."

The woman said, "Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.

Verse ConceptsReinstating PeopleFound Guilty

Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, 'I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.'

Then your handmaid said, 'Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.'"

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfKnowledge Of Good And EvilAngels, DescriptionThe Angel Of GodGod Be With YouLike Angels

Then the king answered the woman, "Please don't hide anything from me that I ask you." The woman said, "Let my lord the king now speak."

Verse ConceptsAnswering PeopleThings Revealed

The king said, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?" The woman answered, "As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;

Verse ConceptsSpokesmenTurning To Right And Left

The king said to Joab, "Behold now, I have done this thing. Go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back."

Verse ConceptsReinstating People

Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king. Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant."

Verse ConceptsBowing Before David

The king said, "Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face." So Absalom returned to his own house, and didn't see the king's face.

Verse ConceptsNo Dealings

Therefore he said to his servants, "Behold, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire." Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

Verse ConceptsGrainArsonBurning Plants

Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"

Verse ConceptsWhy Do You Do This?

Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. It was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, "What city are you from?" He said, "Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel."

Verse ConceptsGatesRoadsStanding In The GatewayThose Who Rose EarlyWhere From?

Absalom said to him, "Behold, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputized by the king to hear you."

Verse ConceptsClaims

Absalom said moreover, "Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!"

Verse ConceptsJudgesWorldly Ambition ExamplesMan Appointing

It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, "Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.

The king said to him, "Go in peace." So he arose, and went to Hebron.

David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword."

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Examples OfHasteDesertionEscaping From PeopleHurrying Others On

The king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses."

Verse ConceptsChoosing Things

Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why do you also go with us? Return, and stay with the king; for you are a foreigner, and also an exile. Return to your own place.

Ittai answered the king, and said, "As Yahweh lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king shall is, whether for death or for life, even there also will your servant be."

Verse ConceptsLoyaltyServants, GoodFriendship, Examples OfCompanionshipLife And Death

David said to Ittai, "Go and pass over." Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones who were with him.

Behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people finished passing out of the city.

Verse ConceptsLevitesThe Ark In JerusalemPriests In Action

The king said to Zadok, "Carry back the ark of God into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation;

Verse ConceptsThe Ark In JerusalemReinstating People

The king said also to Zadok the priest, "Aren't you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

Verse ConceptsSeers

Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word comes from you to inform me."

Verse ConceptsWaitingPeople WaitingFordsTelling Of Happenings

Someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." David said, "Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness."

Verse ConceptsadvisersConspiraciesFoolish PeopleNamed Individuals Who PrayedConspiracy

David said to him, "If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;

Verse ConceptsHeavy Burdens

The king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these? Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.

Verse ConceptsSummerRiding DonkeysSummer FruitTired In Flight

The king said, "Where is your master's son?" Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem; for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will restore me the kingdom of my father.'"

Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenGrandparentsReinstating PeopleSaul And David

Then the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all that pertains to Mephibosheth is yours." Ziba said, "I do obeisance. Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king."

Verse ConceptsConfiscationBowing Before DavidTaking Possession

Shimei said when he cursed, "Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow!

Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head."

Verse ConceptsdogsBeheadingMental Abuse

The king said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, 'Curse David;' who then shall say, 'Why have you done so?'"

Verse ConceptsWhat Have We In Common?Cursing The UngodlyGod's Orders

David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, "Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill MeCursing The UngodlyLeave Them Alone

It happened, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, had come to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"

Verse ConceptsDuplicating WordsHurt And Betrayal

Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your kindness to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"

Verse ConceptsLoyalty

Hushai said to Absalom, "No; but whoever Yahweh, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him I will stay.

Verse ConceptsCompanionshipChoosing PeoplePeople Possessing Other Things

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel what we shall do."

Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to your father's concubines, that he has left to keep the house. Then all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong."

Verse ConceptsNosesOffenceOne FleshSmellsPeople Being Hated

So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

Verse ConceptsImmorality, Examples Of SexualRoofTentsRooftopSeeing People

Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.

Verse ConceptsadvisersThe Number TwelvePursuingEleven To Nineteen Thousand

Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says."

Verse ConceptsOthers Summoning

Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good."

Hushai said moreover, "You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are fierce in their minds, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

Verse ConceptsMiddle AgeBearsBereavementFierce MenReady For War

Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For Yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Yahweh might bring evil on Absalom.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, From GodGod Harmed ThemGod HinderingGod's OrdersMan's Counsel

Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.

Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman said to them, "They have gone over the brook of water." When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsFindingRiver CrossingsNot FindingGroups going homeWhere Are People?Those Looking For People

It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, "Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you."

Verse ConceptsFordsTelling Of Happenings

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

Verse ConceptsDespair, Description OfHangingHope, Results Of Its AbsenceHousesPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSuicideTombsPutting In OrderIndividuals going homePeople Hung To DeathPreparing To TravelSaddling Donkeys

Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenNamed Sisters

and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, "The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness."

Verse ConceptsCowsButterMilkSheepTirednessCheeseDairyRich FoodTired In Flighttired

David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

Verse ConceptsCounting Soldiers

David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, "I will surely go forth with you myself also."

Verse ConceptsFractions, One ThirdFighting TogetherDividing Into Three Groups

But the people said, "You shall not go forth; for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city."

Verse ConceptsValuesTens Of ThousandsPeople HelpingHalf Of GroupsGreat IndividualsWorth

The king said to them, "I will do what seems best to you." The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

Verse ConceptsStanding In The Gateway

A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak."

Verse ConceptsTelling Of People's Situations

Joab said to the man who told him, "Behold, you saw it, and why didn't you strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten pieces of silver, and a sash."

Verse ConceptsArmourBeltsArmor ProtectionPeople Giving Clothes

The man said to Joab, "Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn't put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, 'Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.'

Verse ConceptsFraudCoinageThe King's Orders

Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me."

Verse ConceptsThings RevealedUnfaithful

Then Joab said, "I'm not going to wait like this with you." He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

Verse ConceptsAssassinations, CompletedHeart, HumanSpearsPiercingsThree Other Things

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in memory." He called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, to this day.

Verse ConceptsPillarsWorldly Ambition ExamplesMonumentsPeople Naming Things

Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, "Let me now run, and bear the king news, how that Yahweh has avenged him of his enemies."

Verse ConceptsHeraldRunningGod Saving From EnemiesTelling Of People's Situations

Joab said to him, "You shall not be the bearer of news this day, but you shall bear news another day. But today you shall bear no news, because the king's son is dead."

Then Joab said to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen!" The Cushite bowed himself to Joab, and ran.

Verse ConceptsRunning With News

Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, "But come what may, please let me also run after the Cushite." Joab said, "Why do you want to run, my son, since that you will have no reward for the news?"

"But come what may," he said, "I will run." He said to him, "Run!" Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

Verse ConceptsOutrunning

The watchman cried, and told the king. The king said, "If he is alone, there is news in his mouth." He came closer and closer.

Verse ConceptsActing AloneGood News

The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the porter, and said, "Behold, a man running alone!" The king said, "He also brings news."

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofPortersActing AloneRunning With NewsGood News

The watchman said, "I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok." The king said, "He is a good man, and comes with good news."

Verse ConceptsGood TidingsRunning With NewsGood News

Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, "All is well." He bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, "Blessed is Yahweh your God, who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king!"

Verse ConceptsBowingSalutationsGod Handing OverBowing Before David

The king said, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab sent the king's servant, even me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I don't know what it was."

Verse ConceptsConfusionCareServanthood, In Society

The king said, "Turn aside, and stand here." He turned aside, and stood still.

Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessComing To Rest

Behold, the Cushite came. The Cushite said, "News for my lord the king; for Yahweh has avenged you this day of all those who rose up against you."

Verse Conceptsevangelism, nature ofGod Saving From Enemies

The king said to the Cushite, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" The Cushite answered, "May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you to do you harm, be as that young man is."

Verse ConceptsEmotions, Kinds OfLike Bad People

The victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people; for the people heard it said that day, "The king grieves for his son."

Verse ConceptsSorrowPeople Mourning CatastropheDeath

Joab came into the house to the king, and said, "You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;

Verse ConceptsConcubinesIndividuals Saving Others

Now therefore arise, go out, and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, if you don't go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now."

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofTreatment From YouthGet Up!Scattering Followers

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. They told to all the people, saying, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate." All the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

Verse ConceptsSittingAssembling IsraelSitting In The GatewayPeople Sitting DownIsrael Fleeing

He said to the king, "Don't let my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

Verse ConceptsForgetting ThingsNot Guilty

David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me? Shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? For don't I know that I am this day king over Israel?"

Verse ConceptsMercy, Examples OfWhat Have We In Common?Enemies Of God

The king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." The king swore to him.

It happened, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?"

Verse ConceptsNot With People