2 Samuel 15:33

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David said to him,“If you leave with me you will be a burden to me.

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  • 2 Sam 19:35 : 35 I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I continue to be a burden to my lord the king?

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  • 2 Sam 15:34-35
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    78%

    34But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom,‘I will be your servant, O king! Previously I was your father’s servant, and now I will be your servant.’

    35Zadok and Abiathar the priests will be there with you. Everything you hear in the king’s palace you must tell Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

  • 2 Sam 15:19-22
    4 verses
    74%

    19Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite,“Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country.

    20It seems like you arrived just yesterday. Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go. But as for you, go back and take your men with you. May genuine loyal love protect you!”

    21But Ittai replied to the king,“As surely as the LORD lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether it means death or life, there I will be as well!”

    22So David said to Ittai,“Come along then.” So Ittai the Gittite went along, accompanied by all his men and all the dependents who were with him.

  • 2 Sam 16:17-19
    3 verses
    73%

    17Absalom said to Hushai,“Do you call this loyalty to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”

    18Hushai replied to Absalom,“No, I will be loyal to the one whom the LORD, these people, and all the men of Israel have chosen.

    19Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you.”

  • 1 Sam 30:15
    72%

    15David said to him,“Can you take us down to this raiding party?” He said,“Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to this raiding party.”

  • 2 Sam 15:30-32
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    30As David was going up the Mount of Olives, he was weeping as he went; his head was covered and his feet were bare. All the people who were with him also had their heads covered and were weeping as they went up.

    31Now David had been told,“Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed,“Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O LORD.

    32When David reached the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Arkite met him with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

  • 1 Sam 22:23
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    23Stay with me. Don’t be afraid! Whoever seeks my life is seeking your life as well. You are secure with me.”

  • 2 Sam 15:14
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    14So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem,“Come on! Let’s escape! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.”

  • 2 Sam 18:2-3
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    2David then sent out the army– a third under the leadership of Joab, a third under the leadership of Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under the leadership of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the troops,“I too will indeed march out with you.”

    3But the soldiers replied,“You should not do this! For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”

  • 1 Sam 26:6
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    6David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother,“Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” Abishai replied,“I will go down with you.”

  • Exod 33:15
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    15And Moses said to him,“If your presence does not go with us, do not take us up from here.

  • 2 Sam 19:33
    70%

    33So the king said to Barzillai,“Cross over with me, and I will take care of you while you are with me in Jerusalem.”

  • 1 Chr 12:17
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    17David went out to meet them and said,“If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, may the God of our ancestors take notice and judge!”

  • 2 Sam 17:16
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    16Now send word quickly to David and warn him,“Don’t spend the night at the fords of the wilderness tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.”

  • 2 Sam 19:7
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    7So get up now and go out and give some encouragement to your servants. For I swear by the LORD that if you don’t go out there, not a single man will stay here with you tonight! This disaster will be worse for you than any disaster that has overtaken you from your youth right to the present time!”

  • 2 Sam 18:13
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    13If I had acted at risk of my own life– and nothing is hidden from the king!– you would have abandoned me.”

  • 2 Sam 10:11
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    11Joab said,“If the Arameans start to overpower me, you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, I will come to your rescue.

  • 1 Chr 27:33
    70%

    33Ahithophel was the king’s adviser;Hushai the Arkite was the king’s confidant.

  • 2 Sam 13:25-26
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    25But the king said to Absalom,“No, my son. We shouldn’t all go. We shouldn’t burden you in that way.” Though Absalom pressed him, the king was not willing to go. Instead, David blessed him.

    26Then Absalom said,“If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us.” The king replied to him,“Why should he go with you?”

  • 1 Sam 28:1-2
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    70%

    1The Witch of Endor In those days the Philistines gathered their troops for war in order to fight Israel. Achish said to David,“You should fully understand that you and your men must go with me into the battle.”

    2David replied to Achish,“That being the case, you will come to know what your servant can do!” Achish said to David,“Then I will make you my bodyguard from now on.”

  • 1 Sam 30:23
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    23But David said,“No! You shouldn’t do this, my brothers. Look at what the LORD has given us! He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
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    24Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.

  • 2 Sam 17:1-2
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    69%

    1The Death of Ahithophel Ahithophel said to Absalom,“Let me pick out twelve thousand men. Then I will go and pursue David this very night.

    2When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king

  • 1 Chr 19:12
    69%

    12Joab said,“If the Arameans start to overpower me, you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, I will come to your rescue.

  • 1 Sam 20:10
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    10David said to Jonathan,“Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

  • 1 Sam 29:8
    69%

    8But David said to Achish,“What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn’t go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”

  • 2 Sam 19:36
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    36I will cross the Jordan with the king and go a short distance. Why should the king reward me in this way?

  • 2 Sam 15:26
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    26However, if he should say,‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate.”

  • 1 Sam 27:1
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    1David Aligns Himself with the Philistines David thought to himself,“One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”

  • 2 Sam 17:6
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    6So Hushai came to Absalom. Absalom said to him,“Here is what Ahithophel has advised. Should we follow his advice? If not, what would you recommend?”

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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    9David said to Saul,“Why do you pay attention when men say,‘David is seeking to do you harm’?

  • 2 Sam 19:12
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    12You are my brothers– my very own flesh and blood! Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back?’

  • Num 10:32
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    32And if you come with us, it is certain that whatever good things the LORD will favor us with, we will share with you as well.”

  • 1 Sam 20:13
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    13But if my father intends to do you harm, may the LORD do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don’t let you know and send word to you so you can go safely on your way. May the LORD be with you, as he was with my father.

  • 1 Kgs 2:8
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    8“Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the LORD,‘I will not strike you down with the sword.’

  • 2 Sam 19:22
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    22But David said,“What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?”

  • 1 Sam 20:7
    68%

    7If he should then say,‘That’s fine,’ then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me.

  • 1 Sam 17:33
    68%

    33But Saul replied to David,“You aren’t able to go against this Philistine and fight him! You’re just a boy! He has been a warrior from his youth!”

  • 1 Kgs 2:37
    68%

    37If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die! You will be responsible for your own death.”