Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'no' occurs 2074 times in the standard works.

652 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'no' in the standard works and contain 31.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 265 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 2:5-23 (21 in 19 verses)

Mosiah 16:5-9 (7 in 5 verses)

Rev. 18:21-23 (6 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 9:25 (5 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:9-13 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 34:35-39 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 42:17-21 (5 in 5 verses)

Rom. 11:6 (4 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 11:7 (4 in 1 verse)

D&C 88:37 (4 in 1 verse)

Num. 27:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

1 Kgs. 18:23-26 (4 in 4 verses)

Job 7:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 14:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezek. 30:13-16 (4 in 4 verses)

Mark 6:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Rom. 3:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Cor. 7:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

3 Ne. 4:2-5 (4 in 4 verses)

4 Ne. 1:15-18 (4 in 4 verses)

Morm. 8:7-10 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 5:26-29 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 5:28-31 (4 in 4 verses)

Isa. 50:2 (3 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 28:22 (3 in 1 verse)

Isa. 59:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Hosea 8:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

John 8:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Gal. 2:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 14:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:7-8 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 29:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 58:20-21 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:60-61 (3 in 2 verses)

Moses 1:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 37:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 9:26-28 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 53:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 23:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 43:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 60:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 35:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 12:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Matt. 22:23-25 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 1:45-2:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 4:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Mark 12:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 28:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Cor. 11:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Titus 2:15-3:2 (3 in 3 verses)

Rev. 22:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Mosiah 23:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 36:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 40:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 23:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 38:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

JS-H 1:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

Lev. 2:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 22:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 28:68 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 18:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 28:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 13:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 18:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 38:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 142:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 144:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 8:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 26:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 4:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Eccl. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 16:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 23:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 27:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 41:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 47:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 53:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 2:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 7:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 8:22 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 14:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 17:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 22:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 31:34 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 42:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 49:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Lam. 2:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 44:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 10:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Hosea 13:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Hab. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 24:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 25:42 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 13:32 (2 in 1 verse)

John 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 4:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 4:15 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 6:9 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 12:3 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Cor. 12:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 5:16 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Tim. 6:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Rev. 18:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 22:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 4:28 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 7:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 31:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:46 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 5:75 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 5:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 8:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 29:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 11:45 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 12:18 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 15:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 20:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 32:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Hel. 12:19 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:15 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 1:24 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 17:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Morm. 8:14 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 12:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:38 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 8:22 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:18 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 10:25 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 29:50 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 63:11 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 101:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:18 (2 in 1 verse)

JS-M 1:40 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 38:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 7:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 13:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Lev. 23:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 8:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 18:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 27:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 28:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 35:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 16:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 21:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 1:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 36:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 26:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Job 32:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 88:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 105:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 17:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 40:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 45:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 47:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 54:17-55:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 62:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 2:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 4:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 12:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 16:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 50:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 4:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:41-42 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 26:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 29:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 34:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 36:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 6:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 10:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 2:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Hosea 9:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Amos 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Micah 5:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 1:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Nahum 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Zeph. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 13:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 17:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 24:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 2:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 8:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 3:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 5:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 7:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 23:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

John 6:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

John 16:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 9:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 19:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 23:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 25:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 10:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 12:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 15:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Cor. 11:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 4:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Eph. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Tim. 5:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 10:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 3:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 21:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:50-51 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 30:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 2:36-37 (2 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 27:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 11:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 12:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 22:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 23:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 24:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 31:37-38 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 42:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 3:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 13:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 28:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

4 Ne. 1:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

Ether 3:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 9:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Moro. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 8:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:65-66 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 45:54-55 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 68:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 88:66-67 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 102:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 109:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 923 8936 9859
Gen. 26 483 509
Ex. 43 413 456
Lev. 43 306 349
Num. 44 268 312
Deut. 49 495 544
Josh. 11 206 217
Judg. 25 272 297
Ruth 0 48 48
1 Sam. 39 405 444
2 Sam. 18 290 308
1 Kgs. 31 299 330
2 Kgs. 22 322 344
1 Chr. 10 153 163
2 Chr. 23 288 311
Ezra 3 75 78
Neh. 8 140 148
Esth. 5 73 78
Job 54 462 516
Ps. 57 663 720
Prov. 33 337 370
Eccl. 28 145 173
Song. 3 35 38
Isa. 94 699 793
Jer. 101 788 889
Lam. 12 52 64
Ezek. 61 498 559
Dan. 18 218 236
Hosea 14 111 125
Joel 3 21 24
Amos 7 80 87
Obad. 0 11 11
Jonah 0 22 22
Micah 5 52 57
Nahum 7 19 26
Hab. 4 22 26
Zeph. 4 29 33
Hag. 1 21 22
Zech. 16 78 94
Mal. 1 37 38
NT 470 3896 4366
BM 473 5104 5577
DC 179 1963 2142
PGP 29 429 458
TOTAL 2074 20328 22402

2 Sam. 1:1
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

2 Sam. 1:5
And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

2 Sam. 1:10
So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

2 Sam. 1:14
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?

2 Sam. 1:16
And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed.

2 Sam. 1:20
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

2 Sam. 1:21
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.

2 Sam. 1:22
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

2 Sam. 1:23
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

2 Sam. 2:2
So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.

2 Sam. 2:4
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Sam. 2:6
And now the Lord shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.

2 Sam. 2:7
Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

2 Sam. 2:14
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

2 Sam. 2:19
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

2 Sam. 2:21
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

2 Sam. 2:26
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

2 Sam. 3:1
Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

2 Sam. 3:2
And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

2 Sam. 3:8
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

2 Sam. 3:11
And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.

2 Sam. 3:13
And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

2 Sam. 3:18
Now then do it: for the Lord hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

2 Sam. 3:22
And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

2 Sam. 3:25
Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.

2 Sam. 3:26
And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.

2 Sam. 3:29
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

2 Sam. 3:34
Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.

2 Sam. 3:36
And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.

2 Sam. 3:37
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

2 Sam. 3:38
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

2 Sam. 3:39
And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the Lord shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

2 Sam. 4:5
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

2 Sam. 4:11
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

2 Sam. 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.

2 Sam. 5:6
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

2 Sam. 5:8
And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

2 Sam. 5:17
But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

2 Sam. 5:23
And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

2 Sam. 6:10
So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

2 Sam. 6:22
And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.

2 Sam. 7:2
That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

2 Sam. 7:6
Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

2 Sam. 7:7
In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?

2 Sam. 7:8
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

2 Sam. 7:15
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

2 Sam. 7:20
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant.

2 Sam. 7:21
For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

2 Sam. 7:22
Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

2 Sam. 7:25
And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

2 Sam. 7:28
And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

2 Sam. 7:29
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

2 Sam. 9:3
And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.

2 Sam. 9:6
Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

2 Sam. 9:7
And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

2 Sam. 9:10
Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

2 Sam. 10:3
And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

2 Sam. 11:3
And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

2 Sam. 11:9
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

2 Sam. 11:10
And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

2 Sam. 11:11
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

2 Sam. 11:13
And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

2 Sam. 11:20
And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

2 Sam. 11:21
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

2 Sam. 11:25
Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

2 Sam. 12:3
But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

2 Sam. 12:7
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

2 Sam. 12:10
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

2 Sam. 12:13
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

2 Sam. 12:17
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

2 Sam. 12:18
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

2 Sam. 12:20
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

2 Sam. 12:23
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

2 Sam. 12:28
Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.

2 Sam. 13:1
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

2 Sam. 13:2
And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.

2 Sam. 13:3
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

2 Sam. 13:4
And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

2 Sam. 13:6
So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

2 Sam. 13:7
Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.

2 Sam. 13:8
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.

2 Sam. 13:9
And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.

2 Sam. 13:10
And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

2 Sam. 13:12
And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

2 Sam. 13:13
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

2 Sam. 13:14
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.

2 Sam. 13:15
Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

2 Sam. 13:16
And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.

2 Sam. 13:17
Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

2 Sam. 13:20
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.

2 Sam. 13:22
And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

2 Sam. 13:24
And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

2 Sam. 13:25
And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.

2 Sam. 13:26
Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

2 Sam. 13:27
But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

2 Sam. 13:28
Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

2 Sam. 13:29
And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.

2 Sam. 13:30
And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.

2 Sam. 13:32
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

2 Sam. 13:33
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.

2 Sam. 13:39
And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

2 Sam. 14:1
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

2 Sam. 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

2 Sam. 14:6
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

2 Sam. 14:7
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

2 Sam. 14:10
And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

2 Sam. 14:11
Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

2 Sam. 14:13
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

2 Sam. 14:14
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

2 Sam. 14:15
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

2 Sam. 14:17
Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.

2 Sam. 14:18
Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

2 Sam. 14:19
And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

2 Sam. 14:20
To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

2 Sam. 14:21
And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

2 Sam. 14:22
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

2 Sam. 14:24
And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

2 Sam. 14:25
But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

2 Sam. 14:28
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.

2 Sam. 14:29
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.

2 Sam. 14:32
And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

2 Sam. 15:11
And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.

2 Sam. 15:14
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

2 Sam. 15:27
The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

2 Sam. 15:34
But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

2 Sam. 15:35
And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

2 Sam. 16:11
And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him.

2 Sam. 16:17
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

2 Sam. 16:19
And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

2 Sam. 17:1
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

2 Sam. 17:5
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.

2 Sam. 17:6
And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.

2 Sam. 17:7
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.

2 Sam. 17:8
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

2 Sam. 17:9
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

2 Sam. 17:10
And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.

2 Sam. 17:12
So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.

2 Sam. 17:13
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

2 Sam. 17:16
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

2 Sam. 17:17
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.

2 Sam. 17:19
And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.

2 Sam. 17:20
And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 17:22
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.

2 Sam. 17:23
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

2 Sam. 18:3
But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.

2 Sam. 18:11
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

2 Sam. 18:12
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

2 Sam. 18:14
Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

2 Sam. 18:18
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

2 Sam. 18:19
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the Lord hath avenged him of his enemies.

2 Sam. 18:20
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.

2 Sam. 18:26
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.

2 Sam. 18:29
And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.

2 Sam. 19:6
In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

2 Sam. 19:7
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

2 Sam. 19:9
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.

2 Sam. 19:10
And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?

2 Sam. 19:13
And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

2 Sam. 19:19
And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

2 Sam. 19:20
For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

2 Sam. 19:21
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord's anointed?

2 Sam. 19:22
And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

2 Sam. 19:23
Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.

2 Sam. 19:24
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

2 Sam. 19:25
And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?

2 Sam. 19:32
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

2 Sam. 19:43
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

2 Sam. 20:3
And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

2 Sam. 20:6
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

2 Sam. 20:10
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Sam. 20:21
The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

2 Sam. 20:23
Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

2 Sam. 21:2
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

2 Sam. 21:4
And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.

2 Sam. 21:10
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

2 Sam. 21:16
And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

2 Sam. 21:17
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

2 Sam. 22:9
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

2 Sam. 22:16
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

2 Sam. 22:22
For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

2 Sam. 22:23
For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

2 Sam. 22:37
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

2 Sam. 22:38
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

2 Sam. 22:39
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.

2 Sam. 22:42
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

2 Sam. 22:44
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

2 Sam. 22:51
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

2 Sam. 23:1
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,

2 Sam. 23:5
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

2 Sam. 23:6
But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

2 Sam. 23:8
These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

2 Sam. 23:16
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.

2 Sam. 23:17
And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.

2 Sam. 23:19
Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

2 Sam. 23:20
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

2 Sam. 23:23
He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

2 Sam. 24:2
For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

2 Sam. 24:3
And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

2 Sam. 24:4
Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

2 Sam. 24:10
And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

2 Sam. 24:13
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

2 Sam. 24:14
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

2 Sam. 24:16
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

2 Sam. 24:24
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.