1 Samuel 18:8 Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)
1 Samuel 18:11 and Saul threw the spear; for he said, "I will pin David even to the wall!" David escaped from his presence twice. (See NIV)
1 Samuel 18:22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law. (KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 18:24 The servants of Saul told him, saying, "David spoke like this." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)
1 Samuel 19:2 Jonathan told David, saying, "Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 19:11 Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, "If you don't save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 19:15 Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
1 Samuel 19:19 It was told Saul, saying, "Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 19:24 And he took off his clothing, acting like a prophet before Samuel, and falling down he was stretched out, without his clothing, all that day and all that night. This is the reason for the saying, Is even Saul among the prophets? (BBE)
1 Samuel 20:3 David swore moreover, and said, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says,'Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:' but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death." (See NAS)
1 Samuel 20:16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "Yahweh will require it at the hand of David's enemies." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)
1 Samuel 20:21 Behold, I will send the boy, saying,'Go, find the arrows!' If I tell the boy,'Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;' then come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Yahweh lives. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)
1 Samuel 20:29 Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table. (BBE)
1 Samuel 20:42 Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the name of Yahweh, saying,'Yahweh shall be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever.'" He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
1 Samuel 21:11 The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another about him in dances, saying,'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 23:1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 23:2 Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go and strike these Philistines?" Yahweh said to David, "Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)
1 Samuel 23:19 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, "Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
1 Samuel 23:27 But a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
1 Samuel 24:1 It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 24:8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 24:9 David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying,'Behold, David seeks your hurt?' (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 24:13 There is an old saying, From the evil-doer comes evil: but my hand will never be lifted up against you. (BBE NIV)
1 Samuel 24:16 It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. (See NIV)
1 Samuel 25:14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 25:40 When the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 26:1 The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, "Doesn't David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
1 Samuel 26:6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?" Abishai said, "I will go down with you." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 26:14 and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, "Don't you answer, Abner?" Then Abner answered, "Who are you who cries to the king?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
1 Samuel 26:19 Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so Yahweh that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it be the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying,'Go, serve other gods!' (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
1 Samuel 27:11 David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, "Lest they should tell of us, saying,'So did David, and so has been his manner all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines.'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 27:12 Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 28:10 Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, "As Yahweh lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 28:12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, "Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul!" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 28:23 But he would not, saying, I have no desire for food. But his servants, together with the woman, made him take food, and he gave way to them. So he got up from the earth, and took his seat on the bed. (BBE)
1 Samuel 29:5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying,'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 30:8 David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them?" He answered him, "Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
1 Samuel 30:20 and David taketh the whole of the flock, and of the herd, they have led on before these cattle, and they say, 'This 'is' David's spoil.' (See NIV)
1 Samuel 30:26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, "Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
2 Samuel 1:16 David said to him, "Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying,'I have slain Yahweh's anointed.'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
2 Samuel 2:1 It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?" Yahweh said to him, "Go up." David said, "Where shall I go up?" He said, "To Hebron." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 2:4 The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, saying, "The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 2:22 And Abner addeth again, saying unto Asahel, 'Turn thee aside from after me, why do I smite thee to the earth? and how do I lift up my face unto Joab thy brother?' (YLT)
2 Samuel 3:12 Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, "Whose is the land?" and saying, "Make your alliance with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring all Israel around to you." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
2 Samuel 3:14 David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son, saying, "Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I pledged to be married to me for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
2 Samuel 3:17 Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, "In times past, you sought for David to be king over you. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
2 Samuel 3:18 Now then do it; for Yahweh has 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.'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
2 Samuel 3:23 When Joab and all the army who was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 3:33 The king lamented for Abner, and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies? (See RSV)
2 Samuel 3:35 All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun goes down." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
2 Samuel 4:10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)
2 Samuel 5:6 The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, "Unless you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here;" thinking, "David can't come in here." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)
2 Samuel 5:19 David inquired of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?" Yahweh said to David, "Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your hand." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 6:12 It was told king David, saying, "Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God." David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom into the city of David with joy. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 7:4 It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to Nathan, saying, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)
2 Samuel 7:7 In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I say a word to any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying,'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"' (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
2 Samuel 7:26 Let your name be magnified forever, saying,'Yahweh of Armies is God over Israel; and the house of your servant David shall be established before you.' (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
2 Samuel 7:27 For you, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying,'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
2 Samuel 11:5 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, "I am with child." (See NIV)
2 Samuel 11:6 David sent to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." Joab sent Uriah to David. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS)
2 Samuel 11:10 When they had told David, saying, "Uriah didn't go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "Haven't you come from a journey? Why didn't you go down to your house?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 11:15 He wrote in the letter, saying, "Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck, and die." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 11:19 and he commanded the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the things concerning the war to the king, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 12:27 And Joab sent men to David, saying, I have made war against Rabbah and have taken the water-town. (BBE NIV)
2 Samuel 13:7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
2 Samuel 13:28 Absalom commanded his servants, saying, "Mark now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you,'Strike Amnon,' then kill him. Don't be afraid. Haven't I commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant!" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 13:30 It happened, while they were in the way, that the news came to David, saying, "Absalom has slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left!" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 13:33 and now, let not my lord the king lay unto his heart the word, saying, All the sons of the king have died, for Amnon alone 'is' dead.' (YLT)
2 Samuel 13:34 But Absalom went in flight. And the young man who kept the watch, lifting up his eyes, saw that a great band of people was coming down the slope by the way of the Horons; and the watchman came and gave word to the king, saying, I saw men coming down by the way of the Horons, from the hillside. (BBE)
2 Samuel 14:7 And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth. (BBE)
2 Samuel 14:13 And the woman said, Why have you had such a thought about the people of God? (for in saying these very words the king has put himself in the wrong because he has not taken back the one whom he sent far away.) (BBE DBY)
2 Samuel 14:32 Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent to you, saying,'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me."'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 15:8 For your servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying,'If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
2 Samuel 15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say,'Absalom is king in Hebron!'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
2 Samuel 15:13 A messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
2 Samuel 15:31 Someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." David said, "Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 17:4 The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS)
2 Samuel 17:6 When Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, "Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)
2 Samuel 17:16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying,'Don't lodge this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 18:5 The king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom." All the people heard when the king commanded all the captains concerning Absalom. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 18:12 The man said to Joab, "Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn't put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying,'Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.' (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 18:33 Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son! (BBE)
2 Samuel 19:2 and the salvation on that day becometh mourning to all the people, for the people hath heard on that day, saying, 'The king hath been grieved for his son.' (YLT)
2 Samuel 19:8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. They told to all the people, saying, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate." All the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 19:9 All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
2 Samuel 19:10 And Absalom, whom we made a ruler over us, is dead in the fight. So now why do you say nothing about getting the king back? And word of what all Israel was saying came to the king. (BBE)
2 Samuel 19:11 King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, "Speak to the elders of Judah, saying,'Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? Since the speech of all Israel has come to the king, to return him to his house. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 19:14 He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent to the king, saying, "Return, you and all your servants." (WEB ASV BBE NAS)
2 Samuel 20:18 Then she spoke, saying, "They were used to say in old times, "They shall surely ask counsel at Abel; and so they settled it. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)
2 Samuel 21:4 And the Gibeonites say to him, 'We have no silver and gold by Saul and by his house, and we have no man to put to death in Israel;' and he saith, 'What ye are saying I do to you.' (YLT)
2 Samuel 21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you don't quench the lamp of Israel." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)
2 Samuel 22:31 God! Perfect 'is' His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield He 'is' to all those trusting in Him. (YLT)
2 Samuel 23:1 Now these are the last words of David: The saying of David the son of Jesse, and the saying of the man raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet singer of Israel: (JPS)
2 Samuel 24:1 Again the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, "Go, number Israel and Judah." (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV NIV)
2 Samuel 24:11 When David rose up in the morning, the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
2 Samuel 24:19 David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Yahweh commanded. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)
1 Kings 1:5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
1 Kings 1:6 His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, "Why have you done so?" and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)
1 Kings 1:11 Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, "Haven't you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn't know it? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)