2 Samuel 8:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

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  • 2 Sam 3:12 : 12 And Abner sent men to David at Hebron, saying, Make an agreement with me, and I will give you my support in getting all Israel on your side.
  • 2 Sam 5:5 : 5 Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah, for thirty-three years.
  • 2 Sam 23:3-4 : 3 The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God, 4 It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth.
  • 1 Chr 18:14 : 14 So David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.
  • Ps 45:6-7 : 6 Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour. 7 You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.
  • Ps 72:2 : 2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.
  • Ps 75:2 : 2 When the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness.
  • Ps 78:71-72 : 71 From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage. 72 So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding them by the wisdom of his hands.
  • Ps 89:14 : 14 The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
  • Ps 101:1-8 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> I will make a song of mercy and righteousness; to you, O Lord, will I make melody. 2 I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when will you come to me? I will be walking in my house with a true heart. 3 I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me. 4 The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend. 5 I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me. 6 My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant. 7 The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the false man will have no place before my eyes. 8 Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.
  • Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
  • Jer 22:15-16 : 15 Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him? 16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.
  • Jer 23:5-6 : 5 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land. 6 In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.
  • Amos 5:24 : 24 But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

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    13 David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

    14 So David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

  • 1 Chr 29:26
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    26 Now David, the son of Jesse, was king over all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 8:14
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    14 And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

  • 2 Sam 5:12
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    12 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.

  • 1 Chr 29:30
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    30 Together with all his rule and his power, and the events which took place in his time, in Israel and in all the kingdoms of other lands.

  • 1 Chr 14:2
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    2 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, lifting up his kingdom on high because of his people Israel.

  • 1 Sam 18:16
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    16 But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before them.

  • Ps 9:8
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    8 And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

  • 1 Sam 18:14
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    14 And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
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    5 And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of war, and this was pleasing to all the people as well as to Saul's servants.

  • Prov 8:15
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    15 Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.

  • 1 Kgs 3:28
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    28 And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.

  • 2 Sam 5:2-4
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    71%

    2 In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.

    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.

    4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,

  • 1 Kgs 10:9
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    9 May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.

  • 1 Chr 14:8
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    8 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.

  • 2 Chr 9:8
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    8 Praise be to the Lord your God whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of his kingdom to be king for the Lord your God: because, in his love for Israel, it was the purpose of your God to make them strong for ever, he made you king over them, to be their judge in righteousness.

  • Ezek 37:24
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    24 And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.

  • 1 Kgs 8:15
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    15 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

  • 1 Sam 7:15
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    15 And Samuel was judge of Israel all the days of his life.

  • 2 Sam 3:36
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    36 And all the people took note of it and were pleased: like everything the king did, it was pleasing to the people.

  • 2 Sam 3:10
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    10 And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!

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    2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

  • 1 Chr 28:1
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    1 And David got together at Jerusalem all the rulers of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes and the captains of the divisions waiting on the king in turn, and the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and the controllers of all the goods and property of the king and his sons, with the unsexed servants and the great men of war.

  • 1 Kgs 15:5
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    5 Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his orders, but only in the question of Uriah the Hittite.

  • Ps 99:4
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    4 The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

  • 1 Chr 14:16-17
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    16 And David did as the Lord had said; and they overcame the army of the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon as far as Gezer.

    17 And David's name was honoured in all lands; and the Lord put the fear of him on all nations.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
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    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.

  • 1 Chr 12:38
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    38 All these men of war, expert in ordering the fight, came to Hebron with the full purpose of making David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were united in their desire to make David king.

  • 1 Chr 13:1
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    1 Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.

  • 2 Sam 8:6
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    6 And David put armed forces in Aram of Damascus: and the Aramaeans became servants to David and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

  • Isa 16:5
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    5 Then a king's seat will be based on mercy, and one will be seated on it in the tent of David for ever; judging uprightly, and quick to do righteousness.

  • 2 Sam 3:18
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    18 For the Lord has said of David, By the hand of my servant David I will make my people Israel safe from the Philistines, and from all who are against them.

  • 2 Sam 8:2
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    2 And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
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    8 And David, hearing of it, sent Joab with all the army of fighting-men.

  • 1 Chr 17:15
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    15 So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.

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    6 The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.

  • 1 Chr 11:9
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    9 And David became greater and greater in power, because the Lord of armies was with him.

  • Isa 32:1
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    1 See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

  • 2 Sam 18:1
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    1 And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

  • 2 Sam 2:9
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    9 And made him king over Gilead and the Asherites and over Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, that is, over all Israel.

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    8 The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

  • 2 Sam 7:8
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    8 Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

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    5 For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.

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    9 Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.

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    29 Then David got all the people together and went to Rabbah and made war on it and took it.

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    10 And David became greater and greater; for the Lord, the God of armies, was with him.