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Be strong and courageous! Let's fight hard for our people and for the cities of our God. And may the Lord 's will be done!"

"You are that man," Nathan said to David. "And this is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I made you king of Israel and rescued you from Saul.

David prayed to God that the child would get well. He refused to eat anything, and every night he went into his room and spent the night lying on the floor.

From the head of the idol of the Ammonite god Molech David took a gold crown which weighed about seventy-five pounds and had a jewel in it. David took the jewel and put it in his own crown. He also took a large amount of loot from the city

She said, "Your Majesty, please pray to the Lord your God, so that my relative who is responsible for avenging the death of my son will not commit a greater crime by killing my other son." "I promise by the living Lord ," David replied, "that your son will not be harmed in the least."

We will all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which can't be gathered again. Even God does not bring the dead back to life, but the king can at least find a way to bring a man back from exile.

I thought you would listen to me and save me from the one who is trying to kill my son and me and so remove us from the land God gave his people.

I said to myself that your promise, sir, would make me safe, because the king is like God's angel and can distinguish good from evil. May the Lord your God be with you!"

But he did it in order to straighten out this whole matter. Your Majesty is as wise as the angel of God and knows everything that happens."

Joab threw himself to the ground in front of David in respect, and said, "God bless you, Your Majesty! Now I know that you are pleased with me, because you have granted my request."

Any advice that Ahithophel gave in those days was accepted as though it were the very word of God; both David and Absalom followed it.

Ahimaaz called out a greeting to the king, threw himself down to the ground before him, and said, "Praise the Lord your God, who has given you victory over the men who rebelled against Your Majesty!"

David also told them to say to Amasa, "You are my relative. From now on I am putting you in charge of the army in place of Joab. May God strike me dead if I don't!"

Then they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan in the grave of Saul's father Kish, in Zela in the territory of Benjamin, doing all that the king had commanded. And after that, God answered their prayers for the country.

My God is my protection, and with him I am safe. He protects me like a shield; he defends me and keeps me safe. He is my savior; he protects me and saves me from violence.

In my trouble I called to the Lord ; I called to my God for help. In his temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

Then the earth trembled and shook; the foundations of the sky rocked and quivered because God was angry!

Then the Lord thundered from the sky, and the voice of Almighty God was heard.

I have obeyed the law of the Lord ; I have not turned away from my God.

This God—how perfect are his deeds, how dependable his words! He is like a shield for all who seek his protection.