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And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?

Verse ConceptsEmpty ThingsWhy Do People Not Do This?

And when the boy came to the place where the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone past you?

And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.

Verse ConceptsHurrying Others On

And Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, got away and went in flight after David;

Verse ConceptsEscaping From People

And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.

Verse ConceptsRocksPursuingStones For ProtectionTelling Of Movements

So turning back from going after David, Saul went against the Philistines: so that place was named Sela-hammah-lekoth.

Verse ConceptsEscapingEscaping From People

And after that David came out of the hollow rock, and crying after Saul said, My lord the king. And when Saul gave a look back, David went down on his face and gave him honour.

Verse ConceptsBowingProstration

After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.

Verse ConceptsdogsInsectsPersecution, Nature OfFleasI Am Unimportantbugsrelentless

So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.

Verse ConceptsNames Blotted OutChildren Suffering

But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep.

Verse ConceptsWallsProtection Day And NightFigurative Walls

And she said to her young men, Go on in front of me and I will come after you. But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Did Not Tell

And about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him.

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyTen Or More DaysGod KillingGod Killing Individuals

Then Abigail got up quickly and went on her ass, with five of her young women, after the men whom David had sent; and she became David's wife.

Verse ConceptsFive PeopleRiding Donkeys

And Saul put up his tents on the hill of Hachilah, which is in front of the waste land on the road. But David was in the waste land, and he saw that Saul was coming after him.

Then do not let my blood be drained out on the earth away from the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel has come out to take my life, like one going after birds in the mountains.

Verse ConceptsHuntingInsectsBirds, Types Of BirdsRestraints From KillingFleasPartridges

And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.

Verse ConceptsNot Seeking PeopleTelling Of Movements

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel, after weeping for him, had put his body in its last resting-place in Ramah, his town. And Saul had put away from the land all those who had control of spirits and who made use of secret arts.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentProphets, Lives OfSpiritismFortunetellingSpiritism AvoidedMourning The Death Of OthersOccultismwitchespsychics

And the lords of the Philistines went on with their hundreds and their thousands, and David and his men came after with Achish.

Verse ConceptsRulersFighting Together

Then David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go after this band? will I be able to overtake them? And in answer he said, Go after them, for you will certainly overtake them, and get back everything.

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodAnswered PrayerOvertakingRecoveryFamily Conflict

And they gave him part of a cake of figs and some dry grapes; and after the food, his spirit came back to him, for he had had no food or drink for three days and nights.

Verse ConceptsRaisinsCakesDried FruitThree Days And Nightsrevival

And David went on fighting them from evening till the evening of the day after; and not one of them got away but only four hundred young men who went in flight on camels.

Verse ConceptsEscapingCamelsCavalryFour To Five HundredOne DayEscaping From PeopleFour And Five HundredFighting Enemies

Then David said, You are not to do this, my brothers, after what the Lord has given us, who has kept us safe and given up the band which came against us into our hands.

Verse ConceptsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Now on the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his three sons dead on the earth in Mount Gilboa.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping PeoplePeople Stripping Off

Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the destruction of the Amalekites, had been in Ziklag for two days;

Verse ConceptsTwo Days

So I put my foot on him and gave him his death-blow, because I was certain that he would not go on living after his fall: and I took the crown from his head and the band from his arm, and I have them here for my lord.

Verse ConceptsBraceletsHeadsHead coveringOrnamentsKilling Kings

Now after this, David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go up into any of the towns of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Where am I to go? And he said, To Hebron.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Receiving God's Adviceenquiring of GodAskingGuidance, Examples Of God'sPrayer, As Asking GodTribes Of IsraelAnswered Prayer

Asahel went running after Abner, not turning to the right or to the left.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning Asiderelentless

And Abner said, Then go to the right or to the left and put your hands on one of the fighting-men and take his arms. But Asahel would not be turned away from going after Abner.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingNot Turning AsideChanging Direction

Then again Abner said to Asahel, Go to one side, do not keep on coming after me: why will you make me put an end to you? for then I will be shamed before your brother Joab.

But Joab and Abishai went after Abner: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is to the east of the road through the waste land of Geba.

And the men of Benjamin came together after Abner in one band, and took their places on the top of a hill.

So Joab had a horn sounded, and all the people came to a stop, and gave up going after Israel and fighting them.

Verse ConceptsTrumpetCessationStopping FightingTrumpets To Stop Fighting

And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutIgnorant Of Facts

And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.

Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesPolygamyDavid's Wives

And after David had made the burned offerings and the peace-offerings, he gave the people a blessing in the name of the Lord of armies.

Verse ConceptsOfferingsPeople Who Blessed OthersPeace offerings

And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.

Verse ConceptsBodyChrist, The Seed OfLeaders, PoliticalSleep, And DeathJesus Christ, Prophecies OfNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenThe Kingdom Of Solomon

And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them; and David took the authority of the mother-town from the hands of the Philistines.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahThose Subjected To People

Now after this, death came to the king of the children of Ammon, and Hanun, his son, became king in his place.

So Hanun took David's servants, and after cutting off half the hair on their chins, and cutting off the skirts of their robes up to the middle, he sent them away.

Verse ConceptsHairsShavingFractions, One HalfCutting HairPeople Stripping PeopleTrimming Facial HairHalf Of Things

And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and let your feet be washed. And Uriah went away from the king's house, and an offering from the king was sent after him.

Verse ConceptsGiftsFeet WashingClean FeetSending people home

And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.

And he gave orders to the man who took the news, saying, After you have given the king all the news about the war,

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent Out

So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.

Verse ConceptsGesturesParents Prayer For Their ChildrenFasting, Examples OfLove, And The WorldSonsParents Duty To ChildrenParental LoveAll Night PrayersFastingFasting And Prayer

Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.

Verse ConceptsAblutionOintmentWorship, Acceptable AttitudesPeople EatingAnointing OneselfClean FacesClean Clothes

So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.

Verse ConceptsPeople Naming Things

Now after this, it came about that Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and David's son Amnon was in love with her.

Verse ConceptsBeauty, In WomenNamed SistersMen And Women Who LovedBeautiful Women

Then he gave a cry to the servant who was waiting on him and said, Put this woman out, and let the door be locked after her.

Verse ConceptsShutting DoorsLocks And Bars

Now she had on a long robe, such as in past times the king's virgin daughters were dressed in. Then the servant put her out, locking the door after her.

Verse ConceptsClothingClothing, Kinds OfRobesDressFine ClothesShutting DoorsMulti ColouredLocks And Barsvirginity

Now after two full years, Absalom had men cutting the wool of his sheep in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim: and he sent for all the king's sons to come to his feast.

Verse ConceptsSheep ShearingTwo Years

Now after this, Absalom got for himself a carriage and horses, and fifty runners to go before him.

Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesLove, Abuse OfRunningForerunnersFifties

And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGatesRoadsStanding In The GatewayThose Who Rose EarlyWhere From?

And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.

Verse ConceptsMessengerNews

And the king went out, and all his servants went after him, and made a stop at the Far House.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesCessationStopping Still

And all the people went on by his side; and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the men of Ittai of Gath, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, went on before the king.

Verse ConceptsPassing BySix To Seven HundredSix Hundred And Above

And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodlyharassment

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's women who are here looking after his house; then all Israel will have the news that you are hated by your father, and the hands of your supporters will be strong.

Verse ConceptsNosesOffenceOne FleshSmellsPeople Being Hated

Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David:

Verse ConceptsadvisersThe Number TwelvePursuingEleven To Nineteen Thousand

And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace.

Verse ConceptsReinstating People

And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.

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

Then after the servants had gone away, they came up out of the water-hole and went to give King David the news; and they said, Get up and go quickly over the water, for such and such are Ahithophel's designs against you.

Verse ConceptsFordsTelling Of Happenings

And Joab had the horn sounded, and the people came back from going after Israel, for Joab kept them back.

Verse ConceptsTrumpets To Stop Fighting

Now Absalom, before his death, had put up for himself a pillar in the king's valley, naming it after himself; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and to this day it is named Absalom's pillar.

Verse ConceptsPillarsWorldly Ambition ExamplesMonumentsPeople Naming Things

Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said to Joab again, Whatever may come of it, let me go after the Cushite. And Joab said, Why have you a desire to go, my son, seeing that you will get no reward for your news?

So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsPeople Following People

And David said to Abishai, Sheba, the son of Bichri, will do us more damage than Absalom did; so take some of your lord's servants and go after him, before he makes himself safe in the walled towns, and gets away before our eyes.

Verse ConceptsFortressesFortified CitiesPeople Possibly Doing Evil

So there went after Abishai, Joab and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the fighting-men; they went out of Jerusalem to overtake Sheba, the son of Bichri.

But Amasa did not see danger from the sword which was now in Joab's left hand, and Joab put it through his stomach so that his inside came out on to the earth, and he did not give him another blow. So Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba, the son of Bichri.

Verse ConceptsAssassinations, CompletedBetrayalStomachsBowelsAnatomyIntestinesKilling Named Individuals

And one of Joab's young men, taking his place at Amasa's side, said, Whoever is for Joab and for David, let him go after Joab!

Verse ConceptsPeople Following People

When he had been taken off the road, all the people went on after Joab in search of Sheba, the son of Bichri.

And Sheba went through all the tribes of Israel, to Abel of Beth-maacah; and all the Bichrites came together and went in after him.

In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, 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

And they put them with the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the resting-place of Kish, his father, in Zela in the country of Benjamin; they did all the king had given them orders to do. And after that, God gave ear to their prayers for the land.

Verse ConceptsAnother's Burial PlaceGod Answered Prayer

Now after this there was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Sibbecai the Hushathite put to death Saph, one of the offspring of the Rephaim.

Verse ConceptsGiantsKilling Named Individuals

I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleEnemiescrushes

After him was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three great fighters, who was with David in Pas-dammim when the Philistines came together there for the fight; and when the men of Israel had gone in flight,

Verse ConceptsThree Men

He was with David and went on fighting the Philistines till his hand became tired and stiff from gripping his sword: and that day the Lord gave a great salvation, and the people came back after him only to take the goods of the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFatigueSwordsThings Stuck TogetherPeople Stripping PeopleTired In Activity

After him was Shammah, the son of Ela the Hararite. And the Philistines came together in Lehi, where there was a bit of land full of seed; and the people went in flight from the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsIsrael Fleeing

So after going through all the land in every direction, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

Verse ConceptsFive Months And More

And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfGuilty ConsciencesConfession, Examples OfBeggarsGuilt, Human Aspects OfKnowledge, Of SinRegretRepentance, Examples OfFoolish PeopleWe Have Sinned

So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of violent disease in your land? take thought and say what answer I am to give to him who sent me.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesThree DaysTwo To Four MonthsThree YearsFamine ComingFamine Will ComeGod Will Cause Defeat

So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.

Verse ConceptsThose Looking For People

Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?

Verse ConceptsSittingThrone

And while you are still talking there with the king, see, I will come in after you and say that your story is true.

Verse ConceptsWhile Still Speaking

And she said to him, My lord, you took an oath by the Lord your God and gave your word to your servant, saying, Truly, Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom.

And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, waiting for you to say who is to take the place of my lord the king after him.

And Nathan said, O my lord king, have you said, Adonijah is to be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom?

Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

Verse ConceptsThose Who Did Not Tell

As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.

Verse ConceptsSolomon, Life Of

Then come up after him and he will come in and take his place on the seat of my kingdom; for he is to be king in my place, and I have given orders that he is to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelKings Of All Israel Or Judah

And all the people came up after him, piping with pipes, and they were glad with great joy, so that the earth was shaking with the sound.

Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofMusic To CelebrateRejoicing In God's Works

But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesServants, BadThree YearsOthers Who FledTwo Other MenExamples Of Bad Servants

And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-person was with us in the house but we two only.

Verse ConceptsThe Third Day Of The Week

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year that Solomon was king of Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, the building of the Lord's house was started.

Verse ConceptsBeginningKingsMonthProperty, HousesSolomon, Life OfTypes Of ChristCalendarsMonth 2100 Years And MoreStarting To BuildThe First Temple

All the ten bases were made in this way, after the same design, of the same size and form.

Verse ConceptsTen ThingsSame Sizes

Then Solomon, after making all these prayers and requests for grace to the Lord, got up from his knees before the altar of the Lord, where his hands had been stretched out in prayer to heaven;

Verse ConceptsKneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfThe Altar Of The LordLifting Hands

The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinCausing People To TurnEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsIntermarriageMen And Women Who LovedNo DealingsLove Marriagerehabilitation

For Solomon went after Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Milcom, the disgusting god of the Ammonites.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsServing Asherah

And had given him orders about this very thing, that he was not to go after other gods; but he did not keep the orders of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsDifferent GodsDo Not Have Other godsThey Do Not Keep Commands

So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Bad Human AdviceGolden CalvesWhat Is Not GodTwo AnimalsBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptMan's Counsel