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Storyteller7777
highlighted 2 Samuel 12:4 NLT
One day a guest arrived at the home of the rich man. But instead of killing an animal from his own flock or herd, he took the poor man’s lamb and killed it and prepared it for his guest.”
Mar 16
Storyteller7777
highlighted 2 Samuel 12:2-3 NLT
The rich man owned a great many sheep and cattle. The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man’s own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.
Mar 16
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highlighted 2 Samuel 11:27 NLT
When the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she became one of his wives. Then she gave birth to a son. But the LORD was displeased with what David had done.
Mar 16
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highlighted 2 Samuel 11:22-23 NLT
So the messenger went to Jerusalem and gave a complete report to David. “The enemy came out against us in the open fields,” he said. “And as we chased them back to the city gate,
Mar 16
Storyteller7777
highlighted 2 Samuel 11:17-20 NLT
And when the enemy soldiers came out of the city to fight, Uriah the Hittite was killed along with several other Israelite soldiers. Then Joab sent a battle report to David. He told his messenger, “Report all the news of the battle to the king. But he might get angry and ask, ‘Why did the troops go so close to the city? Didn’t they know there would be shooting from the walls?
Mar 16
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highlighted 2 Samuel 11:16 NLT
So Joab assigned Uriah to a spot close to the city wall where he knew the enemy’s strongest men were fighting.
Mar 16
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highlighted 2 Samuel 11:6-14 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?” 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.” “Well, stay here today,” David told him, “and tomorrow you may return to the army.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next. Then David invited him to dinner and got him drunk. But even then he couldn’t get Uriah to go home to his wife. Again he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard. So the next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah to deliver. Then David sent word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David. When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was progressing. Then he told Uriah, “Go on home and relax.” David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the palace. But Uriah didn’t go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guard.
Mar 16
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highlighted 2 Samuel 11:15 NLT
The letter instructed Joab, “Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pull back so that he will be killed.”
Mar 16
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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.”
Mar 16
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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.
Mar 16
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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.
Mar 16
Storyteller7777
highlighted 2 Samuel 10:19 NLT
When all the kings allied with Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they surrendered to Israel and became their subjects. After that, the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites.
Mar 16
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highlighted 2 Samuel 10:18 NLT
But again the Arameans fled from the Israelites. This time David’s forces killed 700 charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers, including Shobach, the commander of their army.
Mar 16
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highlighted 2 Samuel 10:16 NLT
they were joined by additional Aramean troops summoned by Hadadezer from the other side of the Euphrates River. These troops arrived at Helam under the command of Shobach, the commander of Hadadezer’s forces.
Mar 16
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highlighted 2 Samuel 10:15 NLT
The Arameans now realized that they were no match for Israel. So when they regrouped,
Mar 16
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highlighted 2 Samuel 10:14 NLT
And when the Ammonites saw the Arameans running, they ran from Abishai and retreated into the city. After the battle was over, Joab returned to Jerusalem.
Mar 16
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highlighted 2 Samuel 10:11-12 NLT
“If the Arameans are too strong for me, then come over and help me,” Joab told his brother. “And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I will come and help you. Be courageous! Let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. May the LORD’s will be done.”
Mar 16
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highlighted 2 Samuel 10:9-10 NLT
He left the rest of the army under the command of his brother Abishai, who was to attack the Ammonites. When Joab saw that he would have to fight on both the front and the rear, he chose some of Israel’s elite troops and placed them under his personal command to fight the Arameans in the fields.
Mar 16
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highlighted 2 Samuel 10:8 NLT
The Ammonite troops came out and drew up their battle lines at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans from Zobah and Rehob and the men from Tob and Maacah positioned themselves to fight in the open fields.
Mar 16
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highlighted 2 Samuel 10:7 NLT
When David heard about this, he sent Joab and all his warriors to fight them.
Mar 16