Quotes about Leadership
Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
— 2 Samuel 15:19
In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”
— 2 Samuel 15:20
“March on then,” said David to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.
— 2 Samuel 15:22
Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
— 2 Samuel 15:35
“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
— 2 Samuel 16:2
Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.
— 2 Samuel 16:14
And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
— 2 Samuel 16:16
“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by the people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
— 2 Samuel 16:18
Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
— 2 Samuel 16:21
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
— 2 Samuel 17:1
I will attack him while he is weak and weary; I will throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will flee; I will strike down only the king
— 2 Samuel 17:2
This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
— 2 Samuel 17:4