“If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab s
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie dow
“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.