2 Samuel 1:4; 2 Samuel 2:22; 2 Samuel 3:24; 2 Samuel 6:20; 2 Samuel 7:7; 2 Samuel 7:20; 2 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 11:21; 2 Samuel 12:21; 2 Samuel 12:23; 2 Samuel 13:26; 2 Samuel 14:5; 2 Samuel 14:13; 2 Samuel 14:31; 2 Samuel 14:32; 2 Samuel 15:19; 2 Samuel 16:2; 2 Samuel 16:9; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 16:17; 2 Samuel 16:20; 2 Samuel 17:5; 2 Samuel 18:22; 2 Samuel 18:23; 2 Samuel 18:29; 2 Samuel 19:10; 2 Samuel 19:11; 2 Samuel 19:12; 2 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 19:25; 2 Samuel 19:28; 2 Samuel 19:29; 2 Samuel 19:34; 2 Samuel 19:35; 2 Samuel 19:36; 2 Samuel 19:42; 2 Samuel 20:19; 2 Samuel 21:3; 2 Samuel 21:4; 2 Samuel 24:3; 2 Samuel 24:13; 2 Samuel 24:17

2 Samuel 1:4

4 “What happened?” David asked. “Tell me.” “The men fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”

2 Samuel 2:22

22 Again Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me! Why should I strike you down? How could I look your brother Joab in the face?”

2 Samuel 3:24

24 So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone!

2 Samuel 6:20

20 When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”

2 Samuel 7:7

7 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?” ’

2 Samuel 7:20

20 “What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign LORD.

2 Samuel 9:8

8 Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?”

2 Samuel 11:21

21 Who killed Abimelek son of Jerub-Besheth ? Didn’t a woman drop an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then say to him, ‘Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.’ ”

2 Samuel 12:21

21 His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”

2 Samuel 12:23

23 But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

2 Samuel 13:26

26 Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.” The king asked him, “Why should he go with you?”

2 Samuel 14:5

5 The king asked her, “What is troubling you?” She said, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.

2 Samuel 14:13

13 The woman said, “Why then have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, for the king has not brought back his banished son?

2 Samuel 14:31

31 Then Joab did go to Absalom’s house, and he said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”

2 Samuel 14:32

32 Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent word to you and said, ‘Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there!” ’ Now then, I want to see the king’s face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death.”

2 Samuel 15:19

19 The king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you come along with us? Go back and stay with King Absalom. You are a foreigner, an exile from your homeland.

2 Samuel 16:2

2 The king asked Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and fruit are for the men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

2 Samuel 16:9

9 Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head.”

2 Samuel 16:10

10 But the king said, “What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the LORD said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why do you do this?’ ”

2 Samuel 16:17

17 Absalom said to Hushai, “So this is the love you show your friend? If he’s your friend, why didn’t you go with him?”

2 Samuel 16:20

20 Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”

2 Samuel 17:5

5 But Absalom said, “Summon also Hushai the Arkite, so we can hear what he has to say as well.”

2 Samuel 18:22

22 Ahimaaz son of Zadok again said to Joab, “Come what may, please let me run behind the Cushite.” But Joab replied, “My son, why do you want to go? You don’t have any news that will bring you a reward.”

2 Samuel 18:23

23 He said, “Come what may, I want to run.” So Joab said, “Run!” Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and outran the Cushite.

2 Samuel 18:29

29 The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom safe?” Ahimaaz answered, “I saw great confusion just as Joab was about to send the king’s servant and me, your servant, but I don’t know what it was.”

2 Samuel 19:10

10 and Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?”

2 Samuel 19:11

11 King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Ask the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his palace, since what is being said throughout Israel has reached the king at his quarters?

2 Samuel 19:12

12 You are my relatives, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to bring back the king?’

2 Samuel 19:22

22 David replied, “What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? What right do you have to interfere? Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?”

2 Samuel 19:25

25 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”

2 Samuel 19:28

28 All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?”

2 Samuel 19:29

29 The king said to him, “Why say more? I order you and Ziba to divide the land.”

2 Samuel 19:34

34 But Barzillai answered the king, “How many more years will I live, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?

2 Samuel 19:35

35 I am now eighty years old. Can I tell the difference between what is enjoyable and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

2 Samuel 19:36

36 Your servant will cross over the Jordan with the king for a short distance, but why should the king reward me in this way?

2 Samuel 19:42

42 All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is closely related to us. Why are you angry about it? Have we eaten any of the king’s provisions? Have we taken anything for ourselves?”

2 Samuel 20:19

19 We are the peaceful and faithful in Israel. You are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why do you want to swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

2 Samuel 21:3

3 David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How shall I make atonement so that you will bless the LORD’s inheritance?”

2 Samuel 21:4

4 The Gibeonites answered him, “We have no right to demand silver or gold from Saul or his family, nor do we have the right to put anyone in Israel to death.” “What do you want me to do for you?” David asked.

2 Samuel 24:3

3 But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

2 Samuel 24:13

13 So Gad went to David and said to him, “Shall there come on you three years of famine in your land? Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? Or three days of plague in your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”

2 Samuel 24:17

17 When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “I have sinned; I, the shepherd, have done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? Let your hand fall on me and my family.”