15 occurrences in 12 translations

'Message' in the Bible

(Now Jonathan the son of Saul had a son who [was] crippled in the feet. He [was] five years old when the message of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse had picked him up and fled. It happened that as she [was] hurrying away to flee, he fell and became crippled. His name [was] Mephibosheth.)

Verse ConceptsCripplesAccidentsFeetdisabilitiesLamenessNursesSuffering, Causes OfPeople TumblingHurt And Betrayalsaul

David said, "I will express my loyalty to Hanun son of Nahash just as his father was loyal to me." So David sent his servants with a message expressing sympathy over his father's death. When David's servants entered the land of the Ammonites,

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsenvoyCondolence

The woman conceived, and she sent this message to David: "I'm pregnant."

Verse ConceptsHaving A Baby

So David sent a message to Joab that said, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David.

The next morning, David sent a message to Joab that Uriah took with him in his hand.

Verse ConceptsWriting

In the message, he wrote: "Assign Uriah to the most difficult fighting at the battle front, and then withdraw from him so that he will be struck down and killed."

Verse ConceptsBetrayalTreachery

{While they were on the way}, the message came to David, "Absalom has killed all the sons of the king, and not one of them [was] left."

Verse ConceptsRumoursNo SurvivorsKilling Sons And Daughters

Then Absalom sent a message to Joab asking him to send him to the king, but Joab was not willing to come to him. So he sent a second message to him, but he still was not willing to come.

Verse ConceptsImpatienceOthers Summoning

Absalom said to Joab, "Look, I sent a message to you saying, 'Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message: "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there."' Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!"

Verse ConceptsPeople VisitingOthers SummoningApproval To Kill Oneself

Then Absalom sent messengers throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the ram’s horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom has become king in Hebron!’”

Verse ConceptsDavid, Reign OfChildren, Bad KidsRebellion, Against Human AuthoritySecrecyTrumpetUnfaithfulness, To PeopleWicked Children, Examples OfTrumpets For CelebrationSpying

So King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: "Ask the elders of Judah, "Why are you the last to bring the king back to his palace, considering that what's being reported throughout all of Israel has come to the king at his palace?

Verse ConceptsPeople Who DelayedPeople Of Judah

By doing things like this, he persuaded all the men of Judah to unite in support of him. They sent the king this message: "Come on back, you and all of your army!"

Verse ConceptsUnified PeopleLet Them Go Home

Before David arose the next morning, this message from the LORD came to Gad, David's seer:

Verse ConceptsSeersWord Of GodNamed Prophets Of The Lord

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