2 Samuel 1:1; 2 Samuel 1:2; 2 Samuel 1:3; 2 Samuel 1:4; 2 Samuel 1:5; 2 Samuel 1:11; 2 Samuel 1:13; 2 Samuel 1:14; 2 Samuel 1:15; 2 Samuel 1:16; 2 Samuel 1:17; 2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 2:3; 2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 2:5; 2 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 2:11; 2 Samuel 2:13; 2 Samuel 2:15; 2 Samuel 2:17; 2 Samuel 2:30; 2 Samuel 2:31; 2 Samuel 3:1; 2 Samuel 3:2; 2 Samuel 3:5; 2 Samuel 3:6; 2 Samuel 3:8; 2 Samuel 3:9; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 3:12; 2 Samuel 3:14; 2 Samuel 3:17; 2 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 3:19; 2 Samuel 3:20; 2 Samuel 3:21; 2 Samuel 3:22; 2 Samuel 3:26; 2 Samuel 3:28; 2 Samuel 3:31; 2 Samuel 3:35; 2 Samuel 4:8; 2 Samuel 4:9; 2 Samuel 4:12; 2 Samuel 5:1; 2 Samuel 5:3; 2 Samuel 5:4; 2 Samuel 5:6; 2 Samuel 5:7; 2 Samuel 5:8; 2 Samuel 5:9; 2 Samuel 5:10; 2 Samuel 5:11; 2 Samuel 5:12; 2 Samuel 5:13; 2 Samuel 5:17; 2 Samuel 5:19; 2 Samuel 5:20; 2 Samuel 5:21; 2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Samuel 5:25; 2 Samuel 6:1; 2 Samuel 6:2; 2 Samuel 6:5; 2 Samuel 6:8; 2 Samuel 6:9; 2 Samuel 6:10; 2 Samuel 6:12; 2 Samuel 6:14; 2 Samuel 6:15; 2 Samuel 6:16; 2 Samuel 6:17; 2 Samuel 6:18; 2 Samuel 6:20; 2 Samuel 6:21; 2 Samuel 7:5; 2 Samuel 7:8; 2 Samuel 7:17; 2 Samuel 7:18; 2 Samuel 7:20; 2 Samuel 7:26; 2 Samuel 8:1; 2 Samuel 8:2; 2 Samuel 8:3; 2 Samuel 8:4; 2 Samuel 8:5; 2 Samuel 8:6; 2 Samuel 8:7; 2 Samuel 8:8; 2 Samuel 8:9; 2 Samuel 8:10; 2 Samuel 8:11; 2 Samuel 8:13; 2 Samuel 8:14; 2 Samuel 8:15; 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 9:1; 2 Samuel 9:2; 2 Samuel 9:5; 2 Samuel 9:6; 2 Samuel 9:7; 2 Samuel 10:2; 2 Samuel 10:3; 2 Samuel 10:4; 2 Samuel 10:5; 2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Samuel 10:7; 2 Samuel 10:17; 2 Samuel 10:18; 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 11:2; 2 Samuel 11:3; 2 Samuel 11:4; 2 Samuel 11:5; 2 Samuel 11:6; 2 Samuel 11:7; 2 Samuel 11:8; 2 Samuel 11:10; 2 Samuel 11:11; 2 Samuel 11:12; 2 Samuel 11:13; 2 Samuel 11:14; 2 Samuel 11:17; 2 Samuel 11:18; 2 Samuel 11:22; 2 Samuel 11:23; 2 Samuel 11:25; 2 Samuel 11:27; 2 Samuel 12:1; 2 Samuel 12:5; 2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 12:13; 2 Samuel 12:16; 2 Samuel 12:18; 2 Samuel 12:19; 2 Samuel 12:20; 2 Samuel 12:24; 2 Samuel 12:27; 2 Samuel 12:29; 2 Samuel 12:30; 2 Samuel 12:31; 2 Samuel 13:1; 2 Samuel 13:3; 2 Samuel 13:7; 2 Samuel 13:21; 2 Samuel 13:30; 2 Samuel 13:32; 2 Samuel 13:39; 2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 15:13; 2 Samuel 15:14; 2 Samuel 15:22; 2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 15:32; 2 Samuel 15:33; 2 Samuel 15:37; 2 Samuel 16:1; 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 16:6; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 16:11; 2 Samuel 16:13; 2 Samuel 16:16; 2 Samuel 16:23; 2 Samuel 17:1; 2 Samuel 17:16; 2 Samuel 17:17; 2 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 17:22; 2 Samuel 17:24; 2 Samuel 17:27; 2 Samuel 17:29; 2 Samuel 18:1; 2 Samuel 18:2; 2 Samuel 18:7; 2 Samuel 18:9; 2 Samuel 18:24; 2 Samuel 19:11; 2 Samuel 19:16; 2 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 19:41; 2 Samuel 19:43; 2 Samuel 20:1; 2 Samuel 20:2; 2 Samuel 20:3; 2 Samuel 20:6; 2 Samuel 20:11; 2 Samuel 20:21; 2 Samuel 20:26; 2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 21:3; 2 Samuel 21:7; 2 Samuel 21:11; 2 Samuel 21:12; 2 Samuel 21:15; 2 Samuel 21:16; 2 Samuel 21:17; 2 Samuel 21:21; 2 Samuel 21:22; 2 Samuel 22:1; 2 Samuel 22:51; 2 Samuel 23:1; 2 Samuel 23:8; 2 Samuel 23:9; 2 Samuel 23:13; 2 Samuel 23:14; 2 Samuel 23:15; 2 Samuel 23:16; 2 Samuel 23:23; 2 Samuel 24:1; 2 Samuel 24:10; 2 Samuel 24:11; 2 Samuel 24:12; 2 Samuel 24:13; 2 Samuel 24:14; 2 Samuel 24:17; 2 Samuel 24:18; 2 Samuel 24:19; 2 Samuel 24:21; 2 Samuel 24:22; 2 Samuel 24:24; 2 Samuel 24:25

2 Samuel 1:1

1 After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.

2 Samuel 1:2

2 On the third day a man arrived from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.

2 Samuel 1:3

3 “Where have you come from?” David asked him. He answered, “I have escaped from the Israelite camp.”

2 Samuel 1:4

4 “What happened?” David asked. “Tell me.” “The men fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”

2 Samuel 1:5

5 Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”

2 Samuel 1:11

11 Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.

2 Samuel 1:13

13 David said to the young man who brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite,” he answered.

2 Samuel 1:14

14 David asked him, “Why weren’t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

2 Samuel 1:15

15 Then David called one of his men and said, “Go, strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

2 Samuel 1:16

16 For David had said to him, “Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’ ”

2 Samuel 1:17

17 David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,

2 Samuel 2:1

1 In the course of time, David inquired of the LORD. “Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” he asked. The LORD said, “Go up.” David asked, “Where shall I go?” “To Hebron,” the LORD answered.

2 Samuel 2:2

2 So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

2 Samuel 2:3

3 David also took the men who were with him, each with his family, and they settled in Hebron and its towns.

2 Samuel 2:4

4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the tribe of Judah. When David was told that it was the men from Jabesh Gilead who had buried Saul,

2 Samuel 2:5

5 he sent messengers to them to say to them, “The LORD bless you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him.

2 Samuel 2:10

10 Ish-Bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned two years. The tribe of Judah, however, remained loyal to David.

2 Samuel 2:11

11 The length of time David was king in Hebron over Judah was seven years and six months.

2 Samuel 2:13

13 Joab son of Zeruiah and David’s men went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. One group sat down on one side of the pool and one group on the other side.

2 Samuel 2:15

15 So they stood up and were counted off—twelve men for Benjamin and Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.

2 Samuel 2:17

17 The battle that day was very fierce, and Abner and the Israelites were defeated by David’s men.

2 Samuel 2:30

30 Then Joab stopped pursuing Abner and assembled the whole army. Besides Asahel, nineteen of David’s men were found missing.

2 Samuel 2:31

31 But David’s men had killed three hundred and sixty Benjamites who were with Abner.

2 Samuel 3:1

1 The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

2 Samuel 3:2

2 Sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;

2 Samuel 3:5

5 and the sixth, Ithream the son of David’s wife Eglah. These were born to David in Hebron.

2 Samuel 3:6

6 During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had been strengthening his own position in the house of Saul.

2 Samuel 3:8

8 Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, “Am I a dog’s head—on Judah’s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven’t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offense involving this woman!

2 Samuel 3:9

9 May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD promised him on oath

2 Samuel 3:10

10 and transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David’s throne over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beersheba.”

2 Samuel 3:12

12 Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you bring all Israel over to you.”

2 Samuel 3:14

14 Then David sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, “Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

2 Samuel 3:17

17 Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “For some time you have wanted to make David your king.

2 Samuel 3:18

18 Now do it! For the LORD promised David, ‘By my servant David I will rescue my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.’ ”

2 Samuel 3:19

19 Abner also spoke to the Benjamites in person. Then he went to Hebron to tell David everything that Israel and the whole tribe of Benjamin wanted to do.

2 Samuel 3:20

20 When Abner, who had twenty men with him, came to David at Hebron, David prepared a feast for him and his men.

2 Samuel 3:21

21 Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

2 Samuel 3:22

22 Just then David’s men and Joab returned from a raid and brought with them a great deal of plunder. But Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, because David had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

2 Samuel 3:26

26 Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David did not know it.

2 Samuel 3:28

28 Later, when David heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

2 Samuel 3:31

31 Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and walk in mourning in front of Abner.” King David himself walked behind the bier.

2 Samuel 3:35

35 Then they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”

2 Samuel 4:8

8 They brought the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who tried to kill you. This day the LORD has avenged my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

2 Samuel 4:9

9 David answered Rekab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,

2 Samuel 4:12

12 So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung the bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-Bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb at Hebron.

2 Samuel 5:1

1 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood.

2 Samuel 5:3

3 When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.

2 Samuel 5:4

4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

2 Samuel 5:6

6 The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, “You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off.” They thought, “David cannot get in here.”

2 Samuel 5:7

7 Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion—which is the City of David.

2 Samuel 5:8

8 On that day David had said, “Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those ‘lame and blind’ who are David’s enemies. ” That is why they say, “The ‘blind and lame’ will not enter the palace.”

2 Samuel 5:9

9 David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the terraces inward.

2 Samuel 5:10

10 And he became more and more powerful, because the LORD God Almighty was with him.

2 Samuel 5:11

11 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

2 Samuel 5:12

12 Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

2 Samuel 5:13

13 After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

2 Samuel 5:17

17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold.

2 Samuel 5:19

19 so David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?” The LORD answered him, “Go, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands.”

2 Samuel 5:20

20 So David went to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, “As waters break out, the LORD has broken out against my enemies before me.” So that place was called Baal Perazim.

2 Samuel 5:21

21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.

2 Samuel 5:23

23 so David inquired of the LORD, and he answered, “Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the poplar trees.

2 Samuel 5:25

25 So David did as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

2 Samuel 6:1

1 David again brought together all the able young men of Israel—thirty thousand.

2 Samuel 6:2

2 He and all his men went to Baalah in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, the name of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim on the ark.

2 Samuel 6:5

5 David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before the LORD, with castanets, harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.

2 Samuel 6:8

8 Then David was angry because the LORD’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.

2 Samuel 6:9

9 David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”

2 Samuel 6:10

10 He was not willing to take the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

2 Samuel 6:12

12 Now King David was told, “The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God.” So David went to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing.

2 Samuel 6:14

14 Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the LORD with all his might,

2 Samuel 6:15

15 while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the LORD with shouts and the sound of trumpets.

2 Samuel 6:16

16 As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him in her heart.

2 Samuel 6:17

17 They brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the LORD.

2 Samuel 6:18

18 After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD Almighty.

2 Samuel 6:20

20 When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”

2 Samuel 6:21

21 David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel—I will celebrate before the LORD.

2 Samuel 7:5

5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?

2 Samuel 7:8

8 “Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.

2 Samuel 7:17

17 Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.

2 Samuel 7:18

18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: “Who am I, Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?

2 Samuel 7:20

20 “What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign LORD.

2 Samuel 7:26

26 so that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, ‘The LORD Almighty is God over Israel!’ And the house of your servant David will be established in your sight.

2 Samuel 8:1

1 In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Metheg Ammah from the control of the Philistines.

2 Samuel 8:2

2 David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

2 Samuel 8:3

3 Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his monument at the Euphrates River.

2 Samuel 8:4

4 David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses.

2 Samuel 8:5

5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.

2 Samuel 8:6

6 He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought tribute. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.

2 Samuel 8:7

7 David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 8:8

8 From Tebah and Berothai, towns that belonged to Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.

2 Samuel 8:9

9 When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

2 Samuel 8:10

10 he sent his son Joram to King David to greet him and congratulate him on his victory in battle over Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze.

2 Samuel 8:11

11 King David dedicated these articles to the LORD, as he had done with the silver and gold from all the nations he had subdued:

2 Samuel 8:13

13 And David became famous after he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

2 Samuel 8:14

14 He put garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.

2 Samuel 8:15

15 David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.

2 Samuel 8:18

18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.

2 Samuel 9:1

1 David asked, “Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”

2 Samuel 9:2

2 Now there was a servant of Saul’s household named Ziba. They summoned him to appear before David, and the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” “At your service,” he replied.

2 Samuel 9:5

5 So King David had him brought from Lo Debar, from the house of Makir son of Ammiel.

2 Samuel 9:6

6 When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, “Mephibosheth!” “At your service,” he replied.

2 Samuel 9:7

7 “Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”

2 Samuel 10:2

2 David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father. When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites,

2 Samuel 10:3

3 the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?”

2 Samuel 10:4

4 So Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the buttocks, and sent them away.

2 Samuel 10:5

5 When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet the men, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.”

2 Samuel 10:6

6 When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth Rehob and Zobah, as well as the king of Maakah with a thousand men, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.

2 Samuel 10:7

7 On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men.

2 Samuel 10:17

17 When David was told of this, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan and went to Helam. The Arameans formed their battle lines to meet David and fought against him.

2 Samuel 10:18

18 But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobak the commander of their army, and he died there.

2 Samuel 11:1

1 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 11:2

2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,

2 Samuel 11:3

3 and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

2 Samuel 11:4

4 Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home.

2 Samuel 11:5

5 The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”

2 Samuel 11:6

6 So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David.

2 Samuel 11:7

7 When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.

2 Samuel 11:8

8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.

2 Samuel 11:10

10 David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” So he asked Uriah, “Haven’t you just come from a military campaign? Why didn’t you go home?”

2 Samuel 11:11

11 Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my commander Joab and my lord’s men are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!”

2 Samuel 11:12

12 Then David said to him, “Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.

2 Samuel 11:13

13 At David’s invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master’s servants; he did not go home.

2 Samuel 11:14

14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

2 Samuel 11:17

17 When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David’s army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.

2 Samuel 11:18

18 Joab sent David a full account of the battle.

2 Samuel 11:22

22 The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had sent him to say.

2 Samuel 11:23

23 The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate.

2 Samuel 11:25

25 David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.’ Say this to encourage Joab.”

2 Samuel 11:27

27 After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the LORD.

2 Samuel 12:1

1 The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor.

2 Samuel 12:5

5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die!

2 Samuel 12:7

7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

2 Samuel 12:13

13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” Nathan replied, “The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.

2 Samuel 12:16

16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground.

2 Samuel 12:18

18 On the seventh day the child died. David’s attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, “While the child was still living, he wouldn’t listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate.”

2 Samuel 12:19

19 David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked. “Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.”

2 Samuel 12:20

20 Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.

2 Samuel 12:24

24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The LORD loved him;

2 Samuel 12:27

27 Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.

2 Samuel 12:29

29 So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it.

2 Samuel 12:30

30 David took the crown from their king’s head, and it was placed on his own head. It weighed a talent of gold, and it was set with precious stones. David took a great quantity of plunder from the city

2 Samuel 12:31

31 and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 13:1

1 In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.

2 Samuel 13:3

3 Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man.

2 Samuel 13:7

7 David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.”

2 Samuel 13:21

21 When King David heard all this, he was furious.

2 Samuel 13:30

30 While they were on their way, the report came to David: “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons; not one of them is left.”

2 Samuel 13:32

32 But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said, “My lord should not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom’s express intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 13:39

39 And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he was consoled concerning Amnon’s death.

2 Samuel 15:12

12 While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from Giloh, his hometown. And so the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept on increasing.

2 Samuel 15:13

13 A messenger came and told David, “The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”

2 Samuel 15:14

14 Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.”

2 Samuel 15:22

22 David said to Ittai, “Go ahead, march on.” So Ittai the Gittite marched on with all his men and the families that were with him.

2 Samuel 15:30

30 But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went; his head was covered and he was barefoot. All the people with him covered their heads too and were weeping as they went up.

2 Samuel 15:31

31 Now David had been told, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David prayed, “LORD, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”

2 Samuel 15:32

32 When David arrived at the summit, where people used to worship God, Hushai the Arkite was there to meet him, his robe torn and dust on his head.

2 Samuel 15:33

33 David said to him, “If you go with me, you will be a burden to me.

2 Samuel 15:37

37 So Hushai, David’s confidant, arrived at Jerusalem as Absalom was entering the city.

2 Samuel 16:1

1 When David had gone a short distance beyond the summit, there was Ziba, the steward of Mephibosheth, waiting to meet him. He had a string of donkeys saddled and loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred cakes of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs and a skin of wine.

2 Samuel 16:5

5 As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the same clan as Saul’s family came out from there. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and he cursed as he came out.

2 Samuel 16:6

6 He pelted David and all the king’s officials with stones, though all the troops and the special guard were on David’s right and left.

2 Samuel 16:10

10 But the king said, “What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the LORD said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why do you do this?’ ”

2 Samuel 16:11

11 David then said to Abishai and all his officials, “My son, my own flesh and blood, is trying to kill me. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the LORD has told him to.

2 Samuel 16:13

13 So David and his men continued along the road while Shimei was going along the hillside opposite him, cursing as he went and throwing stones at him and showering him with dirt.

2 Samuel 16:16

16 Then Hushai the Arkite, David’s confidant, went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

2 Samuel 16:23

23 Now in those days the advice Ahithophel gave was like that of one who inquires of God. That was how both David and Absalom regarded all of Ahithophel’s advice.

2 Samuel 17:1

1 Ahithophel said to Absalom, “I would choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

2 Samuel 17:16

16 Now send a message at once and tell David, ‘Do not spend the night at the fords in the wilderness; cross over without fail, or the king and all the people with him will be swallowed up.’ ”

2 Samuel 17:17

17 Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En Rogel. A female servant was to go and inform them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they could not risk being seen entering the city.

2 Samuel 17:21

21 After they had gone, the two climbed out of the well and went to inform King David. They said to him, “Set out and cross the river at once; Ahithophel has advised such and such against you.”

2 Samuel 17:22

22 So David and all the people with him set out and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, no one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.

2 Samuel 17:24

24 David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 17:27

27 When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Makir son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

2 Samuel 17:29

29 honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.”

2 Samuel 18:1

1 David mustered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

2 Samuel 18:2

2 David sent out his troops, a third under the command of Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. The king told the troops, “I myself will surely march out with you.”

2 Samuel 18:7

7 There Israel’s troops were routed by David’s men, and the casualties that day were great—twenty thousand men.

2 Samuel 18:9

9 Now Absalom happened to meet David’s men. He was riding his mule, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s hair got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair, while the mule he was riding kept on going.

2 Samuel 18:24

24 While David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked out, he saw a man running alone.

2 Samuel 19:11

11 King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Ask the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his palace, since what is being said throughout Israel has reached the king at his quarters?

2 Samuel 19:16

16 Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

2 Samuel 19:22

22 David replied, “What does this have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? What right do you have to interfere? Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t I know that today I am king over Israel?”

2 Samuel 19:41

41 Soon all the men of Israel were coming to the king and saying to him, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, steal the king away and bring him and his household across the Jordan, together with all his men?”

2 Samuel 19:43

43 Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king; so we have a greater claim on David than you have. Why then do you treat us with contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing back our king?” But the men of Judah pressed their claims even more forcefully than the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 20:1

1 Now a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bikri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and shouted, “We have no share in David, no part in Jesse’s son! Every man to his tent, Israel!”

2 Samuel 20:2

2 So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bikri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 20:3

3 When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace and put them in a house under guard. He provided for them but had no sexual relations with them. They were kept in confinement till the day of their death, living as widows.

2 Samuel 20:6

6 David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bikri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your master’s men and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and escape from us.”

2 Samuel 20:11

11 One of Joab’s men stood beside Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”

2 Samuel 20:21

21 That is not the case. A man named Sheba son of Bikri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Hand over this one man, and I’ll withdraw from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “His head will be thrown to you from the wall.”

2 Samuel 20:26

26 and Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.

2 Samuel 21:1

1 During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

2 Samuel 21:3

3 David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How shall I make atonement so that you will bless the LORD’s inheritance?”

2 Samuel 21:7

7 The king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

2 Samuel 21:11

11 When David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done,

2 Samuel 21:12

12 he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)

2 Samuel 21:15

15 Once again there was a battle between the Philistines and Israel. David went down with his men to fight against the Philistines, and he became exhausted.

2 Samuel 21:16

16 And Ishbi-Benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, whose bronze spearhead weighed three hundred shekels and who was armed with a new sword, said he would kill David.

2 Samuel 21:17

17 But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue; he struck the Philistine down and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, “Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel will not be extinguished.”

2 Samuel 21:21

21 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David’s brother, killed him.

2 Samuel 21:22

22 These four were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

2 Samuel 22:1

1 David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

2 Samuel 22:51

51 “He gives his king great victories; he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”

2 Samuel 23:1

1 These are the last words of David: “The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse, the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, the hero of Israel’s songs:

2 Samuel 23:8

8 These are the names of David’s mighty warriors: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was chief of the Three; he raised his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.

2 Samuel 23:9

9 Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty warriors, he was with David when they taunted the Philistines gathered at Pas Dammim for battle. Then the Israelites retreated,

2 Samuel 23:13

13 During harvest time, three of the thirty chief warriors came down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

2 Samuel 23:14

14 At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

2 Samuel 23:15

15 David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

2 Samuel 23:16

16 So the three mighty warriors broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the LORD.

2 Samuel 23:23

23 He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

2 Samuel 24:1

1 Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”

2 Samuel 24:10

10 David was conscience-stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, LORD, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.”

2 Samuel 24:11

11 Before David got up the next morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

2 Samuel 24:12

12 “Go and tell David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am giving you three options. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you.’ ”

2 Samuel 24:13

13 So Gad went to David and said to him, “Shall there come on you three years of famine in your land? Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? Or three days of plague in your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”

2 Samuel 24:14

14 David said to Gad, “I am in deep distress. Let us fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”

2 Samuel 24:17

17 When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “I have sinned; I, the shepherd, have done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? Let your hand fall on me and my family.”

2 Samuel 24:18

18 On that day Gad went to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

2 Samuel 24:19

19 So David went up, as the LORD had commanded through Gad.

2 Samuel 24:21

21 Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” “To buy your threshing floor,” David answered, “so I can build an altar to the LORD, that the plague on the people may be stopped.”

2 Samuel 24:22

22 Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take whatever he wishes and offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and here are threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.

2 Samuel 24:24

24 But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them.

2 Samuel 24:25

25 David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the LORD answered his prayer in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.