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David: The Warrior King - Bible Verse List
A Novel of King David
David in 2 Samuel 14
(2 Samuel 14:1) And Joab the son of Zeruiah saw that the king's heart was toward
Absalom.
(2 Samuel 14:2) And Joab sent to Tekoah and brought a wise woman from there. And
he said to her, Please pretend yourself to be a mourner, and put on mourning
clothes now, and do not anoint yourself with oil. But be like a woman who has
mourned for the dead a long time.
(2 Samuel 14:3) And come to the king, and speak in this way to him. And Joab put
the words in her mouth.
(2 Samuel 14:4) And the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, and bowed and said,
Save, O, King!
(2 Samuel 14:5) And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am
indeed a widow, and my husband died.
(2 Samuel 14:6) And your handmaid had two sons, and the two of them fought
together in the field. And there was no deliverer between them, but the one
struck the other and killed him.
(2 Samuel 14:7) And behold, the whole family has risen against your handmaid.
And they said, Deliver him who struck his brother so that we may kill him for
the life of his brother whom he killed. And we will destroy the heir also. And
so they shall put out my coal which is left, and shall leave to my husband
neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.
(2 Samuel 14:8) And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will
give command concerning you.
(2 Samuel 14:9) And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, My lord, O king, may
the iniquity be on me and on my father's house. And may the king and his throne
be without guilt.
(2 Samuel 14:10) And the king said, Whoever speaks to you, you also bring him to
me, and he shall not touch you any more.
(2 Samuel 14:11) Then she said, Please let the king remember Jehovah your God,
that you would not allow the avengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they
should destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair
of your son fall to the earth.
(2 Samuel 14:12) Then the woman said, Please let your handmaid speak one more
word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on!
(2 Samuel 14:13) And the woman said, Why then have you thought such a thing
against the people of God? For the king speaks this thing as one who is at
fault, in that the king does not bring his banished one home again.
(2 Samuel 14:14) For we must all die, and we are as water spilled on the ground,
which cannot be gathered up again. And God does not take a life, but has devised
plans so that the outcast is not cast out from Him.
(2 Samuel 14:15) And now I have come to speak of this thing to my lord the king,
because the people have made me afraid. And your handmaid said, I will now speak
to the king. It may be that the king will do what his handmaid has asked.
(2 Samuel 14:16) For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand
of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of
God.
(2 Samuel 14:17) And your handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now
be comforting. For as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, to see what is
good and bad. And Jehovah your God will be with you.
(2 Samuel 14:18) And the king answered and said to the woman, Please do not hide
from me the thing that I shall ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king
now speak.
(2 Samuel 14:19) And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?
And the woman answered and said, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none
shall turn to the right hand or to the left from anything which my lord the king
has spoken. For your servant Joab commanded me. And he put all these words in
the mouth of your handmaid.
(2 Samuel 14:20) Your servant Joab has done this thing to change the face of the
matter. And my lord is wise according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know
all that is in the land.
(2 Samuel 14:21) And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing.
Go therefore and bring the young man Absalom again.
(2 Samuel 14:22) And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and
thanked the king. And Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found
grace in your sight, my lord, O, king, in that the king has done what your
servant has asked.
(2 Samuel 14:23) And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to
Jerusalem.
(2 Samuel 14:24) And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him
not see my face. And Absalom returned to his own house, and did not see the
king's face.
(2 Samuel 14:25) But in all Israel there was not a man handsome like Absalom.
From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in
him.
(2 Samuel 14:26) And when he sheared his head (for it was at every year's end
that he sheared it, because it was heavy on him. And he sheared it), and he
weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, according to the king's
weight.
(2 Samuel 14:27) And there were born three sons to Absalom, and one daughter,
whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.
(2 Samuel 14:28) And Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem and did not see
the king's face.
(2 Samuel 14:29) And Absalom sent to Joab, to send him to the king. But he would
not come to him. And when he sent again a second time, he would not come.
(2 Samuel 14:30) And he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine,
and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire! And Absalom's servants set the
field on fire.
(2 Samuel 14:31) And Joab arose and came to Absalom's house, and said to him,
Why have your servants set my field on fire?
(2 Samuel 14:32) And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come
here so that I may send you to the king, to say, Why have I come from Geshur? It
was good for me to be there still. And now let me see the king's face, and if
there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.
(2 Samuel 14:33) And Joab came to the king and told him. And when he had called
for Absalom, he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground
before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.
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A List of the Characters in David: The
Warrior King with records in the Bible
Abner – Saul’s general - influential
cousin.
Achish – Philistine king.
Ahinoam – Saul’s wife.
Eliab – David’s eldest brother.
Jonathan – Saul’s son - eldest prince of Israel.
Michal – Saul’s daughter - David’s wife.
Abiathar – Priest to David who survived Saul’s slaughter at Nob - the son of
Ahimelech.
Abigail from Carmel – David’s second wife - the widow of Nabal.
Abinadab – David’s second eldest brother.
Abishai – Zeruiah’s second son.
Ahimelech – Priest who gave David bread and Goliath’s sword - was murdered
for his actions.
Ahinoam from Jezreel – servant to Abigail - David’s third wife.
Amasa – David’s nephew - his sister Abigail’s only son.
Asahel – Zeruiah’s youngest son
Bathsheba – Beautiful daughter of Eliel.
Doeg – Saul’s henchman.
Ish-bosheth – Saul’s youngest son.
Joab – Zeruiah’s oldest son.
Merab – Saul’s eldest daughter.
Pelet – David’s soldier
Rizpah – Saul’s concubine.
Samuel – Prophet who anoints David king.
Shammah – Daivd’s third eldest brother.
Abigail – David’s sister, her son is Amasa.
Abinadab ben Saul – Saul’s son.
Adriel – Merab’s husband and Saul’s son-in-law.
Hushai – One of David’s guards in the wildernesses.
Jaasiel – Abner’s son.
Malchi-shua – Saul’s son.
Mephibosheth – Jonathan’s only son.
Nethaneel – David’s fourth eldest brother.
Ozem – David’s sixth brother.
Raddai – David’s fifth brother.
Sérèn – Five princes of Philistine (Gath, Gaza, Ekron, Ashkelon, and Ashod).
Zeruiah – David’s sister - mother of Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.
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