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highlighted 2 Samuel 11:2 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.
about 2 years ago
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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.
about 2 years ago
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highlighted Psalms 138:1-8 NLT
I give you thanks, O LORD, with all my heart; I will sing your praises before the gods.
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:14 NLT
David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted him day after day, but God didn’t let Saul find him.
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 24:8-22 NLT
David came out and shouted after him, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked around, David bowed low before him.
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 NLT
For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 26:8-11 NLT
“God has surely handed your enemy over to you this time!” Abishai whispered to David. “Let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t need to strike twice!”
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 24:4-7 NLT
“Now’s your opportunity!” David’s men whispered to him. “Today the LORD is telling you, ‘I will certainly put your enemy into your power, to do with as you wish.’” So David crept forward and cut off a piece of the hem of Saul’s robe.
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 25:29-33 NLT
“Even when you are chased by those who seek to kill you, your life is safe in the care of the LORD your God, secure in his treasure pouch! But the lives of your enemies will disappear like stones shot from a sling!
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 23:15-18 NLT
One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him.
about 2 years ago
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highlighted Psalms 55:6 NLT
Oh, that I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest!
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 27:1 NLT
But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me in Israelite territory, and I will finally be safe.”
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 2 Peter 1:1-3 NLT
This letter is from Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to you who share the same precious faith we have. This faith was given to you because of the justice and fairness of Jesus Christ, our God and Savior.
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:51 NLT
Then David ran over and pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath. David used it to kill him and cut off his head. Israel Routs the Philistines When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they turned and ran.
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:38-39 NLT
Then Saul gave David his own armor—a bronze helmet and a coat of mail.
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:29-30 NLT
“What have I done now?” David replied. “I was only asking a question!”
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:27-28 NLT
And these men gave David the same reply. They said, “Yes, that is the reward for killing him.”
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:21-23 NLT
Soon the Israelite and Philistine forces stood facing each other, army against army.
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 17:20 NLT
So David left the sheep with another shepherd and set out early the next morning with the gifts, as Jesse had directed him. He arrived at the camp just as the Israelite army was leaving for the battlefield with shouts and battle cries.
about 2 years ago
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highlighted 1 Samuel 15:22 NLT
But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.
about 2 years ago