David was told, 2 “The people 3 of Jabesh Gilead are the ones who buried Saul.”
5:6 Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem 4 against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites 5 said to David, “You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, ‘David cannot invade this place!’”
7:8 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd 6 to make you leader of my people Israel.
11:10 So they informed David, “Uriah has not gone down to his house.” So David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey? Why haven’t you gone down to your house?”
16:23 In those days Ahithophel’s advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. 10 Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel. 11
23:8 These are the names of David’s warriors:
Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the officers. 16 He killed eight hundred men with his spear in one battle. 17