Insults
“It was before the LORD who chose me instead of your father…”
David to Michal
“Stop pursuing me, or I’ll have to strike you down. How will I look your brother ...in the face?”
Avner to Asahel
“let the young men come forward and play before us.”
Avner to Yoav
he reached out for the Ark of God and grasped it, for the oxen had stumbled.
Uzza
The LORD declares to you that He, the LORD, will establish a house for you.
Natan/God to David
“how can I go home and eat and drink and sleep with my wife... As you live, by your very life, I will not do this!”
Uriah to David
“Please don’t commit this wrong; to send me away would be even worse than the first wrong you committed against me.”
Tamar to Amnon
“Make the rounds of all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and take a census of the people, so that I may know the size of the population.
David to Yoav
“There were two men in the same city, one rich and one poor.”
Natan to David
“Is Joab in league with you in all this?”
David to Actress
“This time the advice that Ahithophel has given is not good.”
Chushai to Avshalom
“Why let that dead dog abuse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
Avishai to David
“your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I put the LORD’s anointed to death.’”
David to messenger
“I stand guilty before the LORD!”
David
He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish his royal throne forever.
Hashem to Natan/David
“by showing love for those who hate you and hate for those who love you...you have made clear today that the officers and men mean nothing to you.”
Yoav to David
“where will I carry my shame? And you, you will be like any of the scoundrels in Israel! Please, speak to the king; he will not refuse me to you.”
Tamar to Amnon
“Lie down in your bed and pretend you are sick.
Amnon
“the man who did this deserves to die! He shall pay for the lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and showed no pity.”
David to Natan
“He is staying in Jerusalem...for he thinks that the House of Israel will now give him back the throne of his grandfather.”
Tziva to David
“Let not my lord hold me guilty, and do not remember the wrong your servant committed on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem”
Shimei to David
“deal gently with my boy…”
David to Generals
“Go and tell David, ‘Thus said the LORD: I hold three things over you; choose one of them, and I will bring it upon you.’”
Hashem to Gad