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And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king's table, and he was crippled in both feet.

He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity."

Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'

But because by doing this you have made the enemies of the LORD show utter contempt, the son born to you will die."

and because the LORD loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.

Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.

"And now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, 'I will speak to the king; perhaps he will do what his servant asks.

Joab fell with his face to the ground to pay him honor, and he blessed the king. Joab said, "Today your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant's request."

The king then asked, "Where is your master's grandson?" Ziba said to him, "He is staying in Jerusalem, because he thinks, 'Today the house of Israel will give me back my grandfather's kingdom.' "

The LORD has repaid you for all the blood you shed in the household of Saul, in whose place you have reigned. The LORD has handed the kingdom over to your son Absalom. You have come to ruin because you are a man of blood!"

But the king said, "What do you and I have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the LORD said to him, 'Curse David,' who can ask, 'Why do you do this?' "

"You are not the one to take the news today," Joab told him. "You may take the news another time, but you must not do so today, because the king's son is dead."

And for the whole army the victory that day was turned into mourning, because on that day the troops heard it said, "The king is grieving for his son."

Throughout the tribes of Israel, the people were all arguing with each other, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies; he is the one who rescued us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he has fled the country because of Absalom;

All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "We did this because the king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about it? Have we eaten any of the king's provisions? Have we taken anything for ourselves?"

During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the LORD . The LORD said, "It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death."

The king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

"The earth trembled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens shook; they trembled because he was angry.

He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD was grieved because of the calamity and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand." The angel of the LORD was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.