GOD in the Old Testament - 1 - 2 Kings - Part 8

1 Kings 19:8 

So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by the food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

 

1 Kings 19:10  

    He replied, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too."

 

1 Kings 19:14  

    He replied, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too."

(see all 1 Kings 19)

 

1 Kings 20:28  

    The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, "This is what the LORD says: 'Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the LORD!" 

(see all 1 Kings 20) 

 

1 Kings 21:9-10  

In those letters she wrote:

        "Proclaim a day of fasting and seat

    Naboth in a prominent place among

    the people. But seat two scoundrels 

    opposite him and have them bring

    charges that he has cursed both God

    and the king. Then take him out and 

    stone him to death." 

 

1 Kings 21:13  

Then two scoundrels came and sat opposite him and brought charges against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth has cursed both God and the king." So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

(see all 1 Kings 21)

 

1 Kings 22:53  

He served and worshiped Baal and aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.

(see all 1 Kings 22)

 

2 Kings 1:3-4  

    But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?' Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die.' " So Elijah went.

 

2 Kings 1:6  

    "A man came to meet us," they replied. "And he said to us, 'Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, "This is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!" ' " 

 

2 Kings 1:9-12  

    Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, "Man of God, the king says, 'Come down!' "

    Elijah answered the captain, "If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!" Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.

    At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, "Man of God, this is what the king says, 'Come down at once!' "

    "If I am a man of God, " Elijah replied, "may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!" Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

(2 Kings 1 continues tomorrow) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 7

1 Kings 17:1 

    Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word."

 

1 Kings 17:12  

    "As surely as the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have any bread--only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it--and die."

 

1 Kings 17:14  

"For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain on the land.' "

 

1 Kings 17:18  

She said to Elijah, "What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?"

 

1 Kings 17:20-21  

Then he cried out to the LORD, "LORD, my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?" Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the LORD, "LORD my God, let this boy's life return to him!" 

 

1 Kings 17:24  

    Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth."

(see all 1 Kings 17)

 

1 Kings 18:10-11  

"As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to look for you. And whenever a nation or kingdom claimed you were not there, he made them swear they could not find you. But now you tell me to go to my master and say, 'Elijah is here.' " 

 

1 Kings 18:21  

Elijah went before the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him."

    But the people said nothing.

 

1 Kings 18:24  

"Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire--he is God."

 

1 Kings 18:36-37  

    At the time of the sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: "LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning hearts back again."

 

1 Kings 18:39  

    When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, "The LORD--he is God! The LORD--he is God!"

(see all 1 Kings 18) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 6

1 Kings 13:23-24

    When the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled his donkey for him. As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying on the road, with both the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

 

1 Kings 13:26  

    When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard of it, he said, "It is the man of God who defied the word of the LORD. The LORD has given him over to the lion, which has mauled him and killed him, as the word of the LORD had warned him."

 

1 Kings 13:29  

    So the prophet picked up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.

 

1 Kings 13:31  

    After burying him, he said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones."

(see all 1 Kings 13)

 

1 Kings 14:7  

"Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: 'I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.' "

 

1 Kings 14:13  

"All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the LORD, the God of Israel, has found anything good."

(see all 1 Kings 14)

 

1 Kings 15:3-4  

    He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. Nevertheless, for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.

 

1 Kings 15:29-30  

    As soon as he began to reign, he killed Jeroboam's whole family. He did not leave Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all, according to the word of the LORD given through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite. This happened because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit and because he aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel.

(see all 1 Kings 15)

 

1 Kings 16:12-13  

So Zimri destroyed the whole family of Baasha, in accordance with the word of the LORD spoken against Baasha through the prophet Jehu--because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.

 

1 Kings 16:26  

He followed completely the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols. 

 

1 Kings 16:33  

Ahab also made an Asherah pole and did more to arouse the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.

(see all 1 Kings 16) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 5

1 Kings 13:1-3 

    By the word of the LORD a man of God came from Judah to Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering. By the word of the LORD he cried out against the altar: "Altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: 'A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.' " That same day the man of God gave a sign: "This is the sign the LORD has declared: The altar will be split apart and the ashes on it will be poured out."

 

1 Kings 13:4-5  

    When King Jeroboam heard what the man of God cried out against the altar at Bethel, he stretched out his hand from the altar and said, "Seize him!" But the hand he stretched out toward the man shriveled up so that he could not pull it back. Also, the altar was split apart and its ashes poured out according to the sign given to the man of God by the word of the LORD.

 

1 Kings 13:6-8  

    Then the king said to the man of God, "Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored." So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king's hand was restored and became as it was before.

    The king said to the man of God, "Come home with me for a meal, and I will give you a gift."

    But the man of God answered the king, "Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water here."

 

1 Kings 13:11-14  

    Now there was a certain old prophet living in Bethel, whose sons came and told him all that the man of God had done there that day. They also told their father what he had said to the king. Their father asked them, "Which way did he go?" And his sons showed him which road the man of God from Judah had taken. So he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." And when they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it and rode after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?"

    "I am," he replied.

 

1 Kings 13:16  

    The man of God said, "I cannot turn back and go with you, nor can I eat bread or drink water with you in this place."

 

1 Kings 13:19  

So the man of God returned with him and ate and drank in his house.

 

1 Kings 13:21  

He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, "This is what the LORD says: 'You have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you."

(1 Kings 13 continues tomorrow) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 4

1 Kings 9:8-9

"This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?' People will answer, 'Because they have forsaken the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them--that is why the LORD has brought disaster on them.' " 

(see all 1 Kings 9)

 

1 Kings 10:9  

"Praise be to the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD's eternal love for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice and righteousness." 

 

1 Kings 10:24  

The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

(see all 1 Kings 10)

 

1 Kings 11:4  

As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. 

 

1 Kings 11:9  

    The LORD became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

 

1 Kings 11:23  

    And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah.

 

1 Kings 11:29-31  

    About that time Jeroboam was going out of Jerusalem, and Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh met him on the way, wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone out in the country, and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces. Then he said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'See, I am going to tear the kingdom out of Solomon's hand and give you ten tribes."

(see all 1 Kings 11) 

 

1 Kings 12:22-24  

    But this word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God: "Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, to all Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, 'This is what the LORD says: Do not go up to fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.' So they obeyed the word of the LORD and went home again, as the LORD had ordered.

(see all 1 Kings 12) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 3

1 Kings 8:15-17 

Then he said:

 

        "Praise be to the LORD, the God of 

    Israel, who with his own hand has

    fulfilled what he promised with his 

    own mouth to my father David. For

    he said, 'Since the day I brought my

    people out of Egypt I have not

    chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to

    have a temple built so that my Name

    might be there, but I have chosen

    David to rule my people Israel.'

        My father David had it in his 

    heart to build a temple for the Name

    of the LORD, the God of Israel."

 

1 Kings 8:20  

        "The LORD has kept the promise

    he made: I have succeeded David

    my father and now I sit on the throne

    of Israel, just as the LORD promised,

    and I have built the temple for the

    Name of the LORD, the God of Israel."

 

1 Kings 8:22-23  

    Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven and said:

        "LORD, the God of Israel, there is

    no God like you in heaven above or

    on earth below--you who keep your

    covenant of love with your servants

    who continue wholeheartedly in your

    way."

 

1 Kings 8:25-26  

        "Now LORD, the God of Israel,

    keep for your servant David my father

    the promises you made to him

    when you said, 'You shall never fail

    to have a successor to sit before me

    on the throne of Israel, if only your

    descendants are careful in all they do

    to walk before me faithfully as you

    have done.' And now, God of Israel,

    let your word that you promised your

    servant David my father come true."

 

1 Kings 8:27-28  

        "But will God really dwell on

    earth? The heavens, even the highest

    heavens, cannot contain you. How

    much less this temple I have built!

    Yet give attention to your servant's

    prayer and his plea for mercy, LORD

    my God. Hear the cry and the prayer

    that your servant is praying in your

    presence this day."

 

1 Kings 8:57  

        "May the LORD our God be with us as he

    was with our ancestors; may he never

    leave us or forsake us."

 

1 Kings 8:59-61  

        "And may these words of mine,

    which I have prayed before the

    LORD, be near to the LORD our God

    day and night, that he may uphold

    the cause of his servant and the cause

    of his people Israel according to each

    day's need, so that all the peoples

    of the earth may know that the LORD

    is God and that there is no other.

    And may your hearts be fully committed

    to the LORD our God, to live by his

    decrees and obey his commands, 

    as at this time."

 

1 Kings 8:65  

    So Solomon observed the festival at that time, and all Israel with him--a vast assembly, the people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. They celebrated it before the LORD our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all.

(see all 1 Kings 8) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 2

1 Kings 3:5 

At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."

 

1 Kings 3:7  

    "Now, LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties."

 

1 Kings 3:10-12  

    The LORD was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. So God said to him, "Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be."

 

1 Kings 3:28  

    When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice.

(see all 1 Kings 3)

 

1 Kings 4:29-30  

    God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

(see all 1 Kings 4)

 

1 Kings 5:1-5  

    When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David. Solomon sent back this message to Hiram:

 

    "You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD put his enemies under his feet. But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or disaster. I intend, therefore, to build a temple for the Name of the LORD my God, as the LORD told my father David, when he said, 'Your son whom I will put on the throne in your place will build the temple for my Name.' "

(see all 1 Kings 5 - 7) 

  

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Kings - Part 1

1 Kings 1:16-18 

Bathsheba bowed down, prostrating herself before the king.

    "What is it you want?" the king asked.

    She said to him, "My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant by the LORD your God: 'Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.' But now Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king do not know about it."

 

1 Kings 1:29-30  

    Then the king took an oath: "As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble, I will surely carry out this very day what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place."

 

1 Kings 1:36-37  

    Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, "Amen! May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it. As the LORD was with my lord the king, so may he be with Solomon to make his throne even greater than the throne of my lord King David!"

 

1 Kings 1:47-48  

"Also, the royal officials have come to congratulate our lord King David, saying, 'May your God make Solomon's name more famous than yours!' And the king bowed in worship on his bed and said, 'Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who has allowed my eyes to see a successor on my throne today.' "

(see all 1 Kings 1)

 

1 Kings 2:1-4  

    When the time drew near for David to die, he gave this charge to his son.

    "I am about to go the way of all the earth," he said. "So be strong, act like a man, and observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go and that the LORD may keep his promise to me: 'If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.' "  

(see 2 Samuel 7:8-17)

 

1 Kings 2:23-24  

    Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if Adonijah does not pay with his life for this request! And now, as surely as the LORD lives--he who has established me securely on the throne of my father David and has founded a dynasty for me as he promised--Adonijah shall be put to death today!"

(see all 1 Kings 2) 

 

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Samuel - Part 15

2 Samuel 22:7  (continued) 

    "In my distress I called to the LORD;

        I called out to my God.

    From his temple he heard my voice;

        my cry came to his ears."

 

2 Samuel 22:22  

    "For I have kept the ways of the LORD;

        I am not guilty of turning from my God."

 

2 Samuel 22:30-33  

    "With your help I can advance against a troop;

        with my God I can scale a wall." 

 

    "As for God his way is perfect:

        The LORD's word is flawless;

        he shields all who take refuge in him.

    For who is God besides the LORD?

        And who is the Rock except our God?

    It is God who arms me with strength

        and keeps my way secure."

 

2 Samuel 22:47-49  

    "The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock!

        Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!

    He is the God who avenges me,

        who puts the nations under me,

        who sets me free from my enemies.

    You exalted me above my foes;

        from a violent man you rescued me."

(see all 2 Samuel 22)

 

2 Samuel 23:1  

    These are the last words of David:

 

    "The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse,

        the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High,

    the man anointed by the God of Jacob,

        the hero of Israel's songs: ...

 

2 Samuel 23:3-5  

    "The God of Israel spoke,

        the Rock of Israel said to me:

    'When one rules over people in righteousness,

        when he rules in the fear of God,

    he is like the light of morning at sunrise

        on a cloudless morning,

    like the brightness after rain

        that brings grass from the earth.'

 

    "If my house were not right with God,

        surely he would not have made with me an 

            everlasting covenant,

        arranged and secured every part;

    surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation

        and grant me my every desire."

(see all 2 Samuel 23)

 

2 Samuel 24:3  

    But Joab replied to the king, "May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?"

 

2 Samuel 24:24  

    But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing."

(see all 2 Samuel 24) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Samuel - Part 14

2 Samuel 15:24-29  

    Zadok was there, too, and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. They set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the city.

    Then the king said to Zadok, "Take the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the LORD's eyes, he will bring me back and let me see it and his dwelling place again. But if he says, 'I am not pleased with you,' then I am ready; let him do to me whatever seems good to him."

    The king also said to Zadok the priest, "Do you understand? Go back to the city with my blessing. Take your son Ahimaaz with you, and also Abiathar's son Jonathan. You and Abiathar return with your two sons. I will wait at the fords in the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me." So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and stayed there. 

(see all 2 Samuel 15)

 

2 Samuel 16:23  

    Now in those days the advice Ahithophel gave was like that of one who inquires of God. That was how both David and Absalom regarded all of Ahithophel's advice. 

(see all 2 Samuel 16 - 17)

 

2 Samuel 18:28  

    Then Ahimaaz called out to the king. "All is well!" He bowed down before the king with his face to the ground and said, "Praise be to the LORD your God! He has delivered up those who lifted their hands against my lord the king."

(see all 2 Samuel 18)

 

2 Samuel 19:26-27  

    He said, "My lord the king, since I your servant am lame, I said, 'I will have my donkey saddled and will ride on it, so I can go with the king.' But Ziba my servant betrayed me. And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. My lord the king is like an angel of God; so do whatever you wish."

(see all 2 Samuel 19 - 20)

 

2 Samuel 21:14  

    They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul's father Kish, at Zela in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that God answered prayer in behalf of the land.

(see all 2 Samuel 21)

 

2 Samuel 22:1-3  

    David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

    "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

        my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,

        my shield and the horn of my salvation. 

    He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior--

        from violent people you save me."

(2 Samuel 22 continues tomorrow) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Samuel - Part 13

2 Samuel 9:3  

    The king asked, "Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God's kindness?"

    Ziba answered the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is lame in both feet."

(see all 2 Samuel 9 - 11)

 

2 Samuel 12:7  

    Then Nathan said, "You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.' "

 

2 Samuel 12:15-16  

    After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David, and he became ill. David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground.

(see all 2 Samuel 12 - 13)

 

2 Samuel 14:11-14  

    She said, "Then let the king invoke the LORD his God to prevent the avenger of blood from adding to the destruction, so that my son will not be destroyed."

    "As surely as the LORD lives, not one hair of your son's head will fall to the ground."

    Then the woman said, "Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king."

    "Speak," he replied.

    The woman said, "Then why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this does he not convict himself, for the king has not brought back his banished son? Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him."

 

2 Samuel 14:16-17  

"Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son from God's inheritance."

    "And now your servant says, 'May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the LORD your God be with you.' "

 

2 Samuel 14:20  

"Your servant Joab did this to change the present situation. My lord has wisdom like that of an angel of God--he knows everything that happens in the land."

(see all 2 Samuel 14) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Samuel - Part 12

2 Samuel 6:2-4  

He and all his men went to Baalah in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, the name of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim on the ark. They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart with the ark of God on it, and Ahio was walking in front of it.

 

2 Samuel 6:6-7  

    When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out his hand and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God.

 

2 Samuel 6:12  

    Now King David was told, "The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God." So David went up to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing.

(see all 2 Samuel 6)

 

2 Samuel 7:22-24  

    "How great you are, Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. And who is like your people Israel--the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt? You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, LORD, have become their God."

 

2 Samuel 7:25-26  

    "And now, LORD God, keep forever the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house. Do as you promised so that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, 'The LORD Almighty is God over Israel!' And the house of your servant David will be established in your sight." 

 

2 Samuel 7:27-29  

    "LORD Almighty, God of Israel, you have revealed this to your servant, saying, 'I will build a house for you.' So your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. Sovereign LORD, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign LORD, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever."

(see all 2 Samuel 7 - 8) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 2 Samuel - Part 11

2 Samuel 2:26-28  

    Abner called out to Joab, "Must the sword devour forever? Don't you realize that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their fellow Israelites?"

    Joab answered, "As surely as God lives, if you had not spoken, the men would have continued pursuing them until morning."

    So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the troops came to a halt; they no longer pursued Israel, nor did they fight anymore. 

(see all 2 Samuel 1 - 2)

 

2 Samuel 3:8-11  

    Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, "Am I a dog's head--on Judah's side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven't handed you over to David. Yet you accuse me of an offense involving this woman! May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD promised him on oath and transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David's throne over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beersheba." Ish-Bosheth did not dare to say another word to Abner, because he was afraid of him.

 

2 Samuel 3:33-35  

    The king sang this lament for Abner:

 

    "Should Abner have died as the lawless die?

        Your hands were not bound,

        your feet were not fettered.

    You fell as one falls before the wicked." 

 

    And all the people wept over him again.

    Then they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!"

(see all 2 Samuel 3 - 4)

 

2 Samuel 5:9-10  

    David took residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the terrace inward. And he became more and more powerful, because the LORD God Almighty was with him.

(see all 2 Samuel 5) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Samuel - Part 10

1 Samuel 29:8-9  

    "But what have I done?" asked David. "What have you found against your servant from the day I came to you until now? Why can't I go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"

    Achish answered, "I know that you have been as pleasing in my eyes as an angel of God; nevertheless, the Philistine commanders have said, 'He must not go up with us into battle.'"

(see all 1 Samuel 29) 

 

1 Samuel 30:6-8 

David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

    Then David said to Abiathar the  priest, the son of Ahimelek. "Bring me the ephod." Abiathar brought it to him, and David inquired of the LORD, "Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them?"

    "Pursue them," he answered. "You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue."

 

1 Samuel 30:25-19  

    David asked him, "Can you lead me down to this raiding party?"

    He answered, "Swear to me before God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to them."

    He led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating and drinking and reveling because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah. David fought them from dusk until the evening of the next day, and none of them got away, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled. David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives. Nothing was missing: young or old, boy or girl, plunder or anything else they had taken. David brought everything back.

(see all 1 Samuel 1:30 - 31) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Samuel - Part 9

1 Samuel 25:26-27  

"And now, my lord, as surely as the LORD your God lives and as you live, since the LORD has kept you from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal. And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you."

 

1 Samuel 25:28-29  

    "Please forgive your servant's presumption. The LORD your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the LORD's battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live. Even if someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the LORD your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling."

 

1 Samuel 25:30-31  

"When the LORD has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler over Israel, my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the LORD your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant."

 

1 Samuel 25:32-34  

    David said to Abigail, "Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak."

(see all 1 Samuel 25)

 

1 Samuel 26:7-9  

    So David went to the army by night, and there was Saul, lying asleep inside the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying around him.

    Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won't strike him twice."

    But David said to Abishai, "Don't destroy him! Who can lay a hand on the LORD's anointed and be guiltless!"

(see all 1 Samuel 26 - 27)

 

1 Samuel 28:15-17  

    Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?"

    "I am in great distress," Saul said. "The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has departed from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do."

    Samuel said, "Why do you consult me, now that the LORD has departed from you and become your enemy? The LORD has done what he predicted through me. The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hands and given it to one of your neighbors--to David."

(see all 1 Samuel 28) 

    

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