Loyalty

How Nave’s arranged it

• EnjoinedExodus 22:28Numbers 27:20Ezra 6:10Ezra 7:26Job 34:18Proverbs 24:21Ecclesiastes 8:2Ecclesiastes 10:4Romans 13:1Titus 3:1
• EnforcedEzra 10:8Proverbs 17:11
• Disloyalty2 Peter 2:10
• See Patriotism
• INSTANCES OF
• IsraelitesJoshua 1:16–182 Samuel 3:362 Samuel 3:372 Samuel 15:232 Samuel 15:302 Samuel 18:32 Samuel 21:171 Chronicles 12:38
• David1 Samuel 24:6–101 Samuel 26:6–162 Samuel 1:14
• Uriah2 Samuel 11:9
• Ittai2 Samuel 15:21
• Hushai2 Samuel 17:152 Samuel 17:16
• David's soldiers2 Samuel 18:122 Samuel 18:132 Samuel 23:152 Samuel 23:16
• Joab2 Samuel 19:52 Samuel 19:6

The passages, in Bible order (37)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 22:28

   You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

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   “Thou shalt not revile the gods,....

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2. Numbers 27:20

   Confer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him.

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   “And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him,....

   “And thou shalt put, etc. - מחודך mechodecha, of thine honor or authority upon him. Thou shalt show to the whole congregation that thou hast associated him with thyself in the government of the people.

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3. Joshua 1:16–18

   So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.

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   “And they answered Joshua,....

   “All that thou commandest us we will do - Here they acknowledge the Divine mission of Joshua, as they had done that of Moses, and consequently promise to follow his directions in all things.

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4. 1 Samuel 24:6–10

   So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”

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   “What a virtuous action that was, when David wished rather to spare the king his enemy, though he could have injured him! How useful, too, it was, for it helped him when he succeeded to the throne. For all learned to be faithful to their king and not to seize the kingdom but to fear and reverence him. Thus what is virtuous was preferred to what was useful, and then usefulness followed on what was virtuous.

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5. 1 Samuel 26:6–16

   And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.

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   “And David said to Achimelech the Hittite, etc. Many, when the Lord was preaching in the flesh, from the Gentiles, many from the Jews flocked to the faith, but he chose the first ministers of his word, by whom he would overthrow and conquer the …

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6. 2 Samuel 1:14

   So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

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   “We know that David went beyond the precepts of the law when, despite Moses' command to pay back one's enemies in kind, he not only did not do this but even embraced his persecutors in love, prayed devoutly to the Lord on their behalf, even wept mournfully for them and revenged them when they were slain.

   “And David said unto him, how, wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand,....

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7. 2 Samuel 3:36

   All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.

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   “And all the people took notice of it,....

   “The people took notice - They saw that the king’s grief was sincere, and that he had no part nor device in the murder of Abner: see 2Sa 3:37.

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8. 2 Samuel 3:37

   So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

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   “For all the people and all Israel understood that day,....

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9. 2 Samuel 11:9

   But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.

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   “But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord,....

   “We have taken up the task of writing an apology for the present style of the prophet David, not because he needs this gift, who has excelled in such great merits and flourished in virtues, but because many people, reading the sequence of his deeds without considering the power of the Scriptures or the hidden mysteries, wonder how such a great prophet did not avoid the contagion of adultery first and then of murder. Therefore, it was our desire to review the history itself, which seems to have been exposed to sin.

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10. 2 Samuel 15:21

    But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”

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    “And Ittai answered the king, and said,.... With an oath, as follows: as the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth; which he took to confirm what he after says, and to put an end to the debate between them: surely, in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be; signifying that he would attend him wherever he went, hazard his life in his cause, and live and die with him.

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11. 2 Samuel 15:23

    Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.

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    “And all the country wept with a loud voice,....

    “The brook Kidron - This was an inconsiderable brook, and only furnished with water in winter, and in the rains. See Joh 18:1.

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12. 2 Samuel 15:30

    But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.

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    Again, after Absalom's rebellion, when David was in flight, with many possible routes before him, he chose to make his escape by the Mount of Olives, as good as invoking in his own mind the Deliverer who should from there ascend into the heavens. And when Shimei cursed him bitterly he said, "Let him be."

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13. 2 Samuel 17:15

    So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.

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    “For in the history, Hushai is mentioned as the chief companion of David and the son of Arachi, but in the psalm, Hushai is the son of Jemini. Neither he nor any other of those appearing in the history was the son of Jemini. Perhaps he was called the son of Jemini for this reason, because he displayed great valor and strength through a mere pretense of friendship, going over, as he pretended, to Absalom, but in reality thwarting the plans of Ahithophel, a very skilled man, well trained in military affairs, who was giving his counsel.

    “Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests,.... After he was returned from the council board, he immediately went to these priests, who he knew were in the interest of David, and to whom he was to communicate, and by them transmit, what passed at Jerusalem, 2Sa 15:35, thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; relating to them in express words what he advised to: and thus and thus have I counselled; telling them in what manner he had given his counsel.

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14. 2 Samuel 17:16

    Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’”

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    “For in the history, Hushai is mentioned as the chief companion of David and the son of Arachi, but in the psalm, Hushai is the son of Jemini. Neither he nor any other of those appearing in the history was the son of Jemini. Perhaps he was called the son of Jemini for this reason, because he displayed great valor and strength through a mere pretense of friendship, going over, as he pretended, to Absalom, but in reality thwarting the plans of Ahithophel, a very skilled man, well trained in military affairs, who was giving his counsel.

    “Now therefore send quickly and tell David,....

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15. 2 Samuel 18:3

    But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will pay no attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not care; but you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better for now if you support us from the city.”

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    “But the people answered, thou shalt not go forth,....

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16. 2 Samuel 18:12

    The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’

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    “And the man said unto Joab,....

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