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But the man said to Joab, 'Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying: For my sake protect the young man Absalom!' (v. 12)

For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. (vs 11-12)

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. (Psalm 23:1-3)

'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.' (vs 18-19)

But Ittai answered the king, 'As the Lord lives, and as my Lord the king lives, wherever my Lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, there also your servant will be.' (v. 21)

Then David rose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes. He went into the house of the Lord and worshipped. (v. 20)

‘You are the man!’ (v. 7)

… and the Lord sent Nathan to David. (v. 1)

In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. (v. 14)

In the spring of the year, the time when kings go into battle, David sent Joab and his officers … But David remained at Jerusalem. (v. 1)

When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, 'Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.' (vs 9-10)

'You established your people Israel for yourself to be your people for ever; and you, O LORD, became their God.' (v. 24)