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But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.

Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.

Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”

When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child

After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.

…and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”

You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!

And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.

Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.

Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”

Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?

Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.

Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.

And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,

His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.

Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”

All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.

How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.

The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.

For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.

The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.

Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah

You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah

You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.

The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”

But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.

Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.