Quotes about King
Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
— 2 Samuel 15:19
Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
— 2 Samuel 15:23
Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
— 2 Samuel 15:25
The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
— 2 Samuel 15:27
But 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.’
— 2 Samuel 15:34
So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
— 2 Samuel 16:4
But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
— 2 Samuel 16:10
Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.
— 2 Samuel 16:14
I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
— 2 Samuel 17:2
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
— 2 Samuel 17:17
After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”
— 2 Samuel 17:21
Then David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.
— 2 Samuel 17:24