Then the king said to Zadok, ‘Take the Covenant Box into the city. If I have pleased the Lord, he will bring me there again. Then I will see it again in the Lord’s house. But if not, I am ready. He must do what seems best to him.’ 2 Samuel 15:25-26 王對撒督說：「你將上帝的約櫃擡回城去。我若在耶和華眼前蒙恩，他必使我回來，再見約櫃和他的居所。 倘若他說：『我不喜悅你』，看哪，我在這裏，願他憑自己的意旨待我！」 撒母耳記下 […]
Then she said, ‘I do not want the man who should punish my son to kill him. That would be a worse thing than the death of my other son. Please pray to the Lord your God that it will not happen.’ ‘I promise the living Lord that he will not touch one hair of […]
‘Do not do it, my brother,’ she said. ‘Do not cause me to do a wrong thing like that. We in Israel should not do things like that. It is an evil thing. Think about me. Nobody would honour me. I would be ashamed and I would not be able to hide myself. And nobody […]
Then David went to help his wife, Bathsheba, to feel better. He slept with her and she had a son. They called him Solomon, and the Lord loved him. The Lord sent Nathan the prophet to tell them that they should call him Jedidiah. That was because the Lord loved him. 2 Samuel 12:24-25 大衛安慰他的妻拔示巴，與她同寢，她就生了兒子，給他起名叫所羅門。耶和華也喜愛他， […]
David replied, ‘While the child was alive I wept. And I did not eat anything. I thought that perhaps the Lord would be merciful to me. I thought that he might forgive me. Then he might let the child live. But I do not need to do this now that the child is dead. I […]
But you did not obey the word of the Lord. You did an evil thing. You caused the Ammonite soldiers to kill Uriah the Hittite in a battle. You killed him and you took his wife to be your own wife. So now your family will always have wars and death. You thought that I […]
In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and Uriah carried it to Joab. In it he wrote, ‘Put Uriah in front of all the soldiers, where it is most dangerous. Then pull your men away from him so that he is alone. And so the enemy will kill him.’ ……People told Uriah’s wife […]
Uriah said to David, ‘The armies of Israel and Judah, and the Covenant Box are all staying in tents. My master Joab and your soldiers are sleeping in the fields. So I certainly should not go to my house and eat there. I should not drink there and sleep with my wife. I believe strongly […]
Be strong. We must be brave when we fight for our people and for God’s cities. The Lord will do what seems good to him. And I pray that he will do that.’ 2 Samuel 10:12 我們都當剛強，為本國的民和上帝的城邑作大丈夫。願耶和華憑他的意旨而行！」 撒母耳記下 10:12
‘Do not be afraid,’ David said to him, ‘because I want to be kind to you. I want to be kind to you because your father Jonathan was my friend. I will give you back all Saul’s land and I want you to eat here with me always.’ 2 Samuel 9:7 大衛說：「你不要懼怕，我必因你父親約拿單的緣故施恩與你，將你祖父掃羅的一切田地都歸還你；你也可以常與我同席吃飯。」 撒母耳記下 9:7
