The Bible 2: Hail to the King of the Jews, Baby!

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Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely. king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!” man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver d were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake. e’ 13If I had jeopardized my own life f—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”

After this, the Moabites ( A) and Ammonites with some of the Meunites [ a] ( B) came to wage war against Jehoshaphat. Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth! ( T) He has given King David a wise son, endowed with intelligence and discernment, who will build a temple for the Lord and a palace for himself. you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, c and all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth. David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?” 10So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way. the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker. Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. a Jonadab was a very shrewd man, Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”