David Cook
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David Cook
highlighted Revelation 1:2 NLT
who faithfully reported everything he saw. This is his report of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Sep 13
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highlighted Revelation 1:1 NLT
This is a revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants the events that must soon take place. He sent an angel to present this revelation to his servant John,
Sep 13
David Cook
highlighted 2 Samuel 11:11 NLT
Uriah replied, “The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents, and Joab and my master’s men are camping in the open fields. How could I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I would never do such a thing.”
Sep 6
David Cook
highlighted 2 Samuel 11:10 NLT
When David heard that Uriah had not gone home, he summoned him and asked, “What’s the matter? Why didn’t you go home last night after being away for so long?”
Sep 6
David Cook
highlighted 2 Samuel 11:9 NLT
But Uriah didn’t go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard.
Sep 6
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highlighted 2 Samuel 11:8 NLT
Then he told Uriah, “Go on home and relax.” David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the palace.
Sep 6
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highlighted 2 Samuel 11:7 NLT
When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was progressing.
Sep 6
David Cook
highlighted 2 Samuel 11:6 NLT
Then David sent word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.
Sep 6
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highlighted 2 Samuel 11:5 NLT
Later, when Bathsheba discovered that she was pregnant, she sent David a message, saying, “I’m pregnant.”
Sep 6
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highlighted 2 Samuel 11:4 NLT
Then David sent messengers to get her; and when she came to the palace, he slept with her. She had just completed the purification rites after having her menstrual period. Then she returned home.
Sep 6
David Cook
highlighted 2 Samuel 11:2-3 NLT
Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath. He sent someone to find out who she was, and he was told, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
Sep 6
David Cook
highlighted 2 Samuel 11:1 NLT
In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites. They destroyed the Ammonite army and laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem.
Sep 6
David Cook
highlighted 1 Samuel 8:21-22 NLT
So Samuel repeated to the LORD what the people had said, and the LORD replied, “Do as they say, and give them a king.” Then Samuel agreed and sent the people home.
Aug 30
David Cook
highlighted 1 Samuel 8:19-20 NLT
But the people refused to listen to Samuel’s warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said. “We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”
Aug 30
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:11-18 NLT
“This is how a king will reign over you,” Samuel said. “The king will draft your sons and assign them to his chariots and his charioteers, making them run before his chariots. Some will be generals and captains in his army, some will be forced to plow in his fields and harvest his crops, and some will make his weapons and chariot equipment. The king will take your daughters from you and force them to cook and bake and make perfumes for him. He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his own officials. He will take a tenth of your grain and your grape harvest and distribute it among his officers and attendants. He will take your male and female slaves and demand the finest of your cattle and donkeys for his own use. He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves. When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but then the LORD will not help you.”
Aug 30
David Cook
highlighted 1 Samuel 8:10 NLT
So Samuel passed on the LORD’s warning to the people who were asking him for a king.
Aug 30
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:8-9 NLT
Ever since I brought them from Egypt they have continually abandoned me and followed other gods. And now they are giving you the same treatment. Do as they ask, but solemnly warn them about the way a king will reign over them.”
Aug 30
David Cook
highlighted 1 Samuel 8:7 NLT
“Do everything they say to you,” the LORD replied, “for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer.
Aug 30
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:6 NLT
Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the LORD for guidance.
Aug 30
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highlighted 1 Samuel 8:4-5 NLT
Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel. “Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”
Aug 30