2 Samuel 3:1
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Abner Joins David
3 There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.
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2 Samuel 19:9
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9 And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, (A)“The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and (B)saved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now (C)he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
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2 Samuel 19:43
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43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have (A)ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?” (B)But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
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2 Samuel 20:1
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The Rebellion of Sheba
20 Now there happened to be there (A)a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said,
(B)“We have no portion in David,
and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;
(C)every man to his tents, O Israel!”
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