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highlighted 2 Samuel 18:17 NASB
They took Absalom and cast him into a deep pit in the forest and aerected over him a very great heap of stones. And ball Israel fled, each to his tent.
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 18:14-16 NASB
Then Joab said, "I will not waste time here with you." aSo he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.And ten young men who carried Joab's armor gathered around and struck Absalom and killed him.Then aJoab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 18:13 NASB
"Otherwise, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and athere is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof."
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 18:9-12 NASB
When a certain man saw it, he told Joab and said, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak."Then Joab said to the man who had told him, "Now behold, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? And I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt."The man said to Joab, "Even if I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not put out my hand against the king's son; for ain our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, 'Protect for me the young man Absalom!'Now Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. For Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. And ahis head caught fast in the oak, so he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him kept going.
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 18:6-7 NASB
Then the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle took place in athe forest of Ephraim.The people of Israel were defeated there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day was great, 20,000 men.
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 18:5 NASB
The king charged Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom." And aall the people heard when the king charged all the commanders concerning Absalom.
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:42-43 NASB
Then all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "Because athe king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's expense, or has anything been taken for us?"But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, "aWe have ten parts in the king, therefore we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt? Was it not our advice first to bring back our king?" Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:40-41 NASB
Now the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him; and all the people of Judah and also ahalf the people of Israel accompanied the king.And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, "aWhy had our brothers bthe men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household and all David's men with him over the Jordan?"
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:39 NASB
All the people crossed over the Jordan and the king crossed too. The king then akissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his place.
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:38 NASB
The king answered, "Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight; and whatever you require of me, I will do for you."
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:36-37 NASB
"Your servant would merely cross over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king compensate me with this reward?"Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. However, here is your servant aChimham, let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight."
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:35 NASB
"I am now aeighty years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I hear anymore bthe voice of singing men and women? cWhy then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:34 NASB
But Barzillai said to the king, "aHow long have I yet to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:33 NASB
The king said to Barzillai, "You cross over with me and I will sustain you in Jerusalem with me."
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:30 NASB
Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has come safely to his own house."
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:29 NASB
So the king said to him, "Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have decided, 'You and Ziba shall divide the land.'"
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:28 NASB
"For aall my father's household was nothing but dead men before my lord the king; byet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right do I have yet that I should complain anymore to the king?"
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:26-27 NASB
So he answered, "O my lord, the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, 'I will saddle a donkey for myself that I may ride on it and go with the king,' abecause your servant is lame."Moreover, ahe has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is blike the angel of God, therefore do what is good in your sight.
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:25 NASB
It was when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "aWhy did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?"
Aug 2
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highlighted 2 Samuel 19:24 NASB
Then aMephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and bhe had neither cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor cwashed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
Aug 2