Category: 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 7:12-17 is about the promise God made to King David of establishing his royal lineage and kingdom forever, ultimately foreshadowing the eternal reign of Jesus Christ. 12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body,…

1 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 He said, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, 3 my God, my rock, in whom I…

1 Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, 2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.” 3 And Nathan said to the king,…

1 In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. 2 It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on…

1 And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had very many flocks and herds, 3 But the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he…

1 David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim. 3…

1 And David said, “Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” 2 And there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. And they called him to David. And the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” And he…

1 Now Absalom, David’s son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David’s son, loved her. 2 And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her. 3…

1 Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” 2 So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army, who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that…

1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag. 2 It happened, on the third day, that behold, a man came from Saul’s camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the…