This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to d
His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morn
The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan advised.
“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
This plan pleased the king and the whole assembly.
Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.