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2 Samuel 1

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David as King 1:1–20:26
David’s Rise to King of Judah 1:1–3:5
Saul’s Death Reported to David 1:1–16
David’s Song for Saul and Jonathan 1:17–27

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David as King 1:1–20:26
David’s Rise to King of Judah 1:1–3:5
Saul’s Death Reported to David 1:1–16
David’s Song for Saul and Jonathan 1:17–27
David Anointed King of Judah 2:1–7
Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel 2:8–11
Civil War 2:12–3:1
David’s Sons in Hebron 3:2–5
David’s Rise to King of All Israel 3:6–5:5
Abner, Saul’s Former General 3:6–39
Abner Joins David 3:6–21
Joab Murders Abner 3:22–30
David Mourns Abner 3:31–39
The Murder of Ish-bosheth 4:1–12
David Anointed of All Israel 5:1–5
David’s Victories as King 5:6–10:19
David Conquers Jerusalem 5:6–12
David’s Sons in Jerusalem 5:13–16
David’s victories over the Philistines 5:17–25
David Brings the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem 6:1–7:29
David Fetches the Ark 6:1–4
Uzzah Touches the Ark 6:5–11
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem 6:12–15
Michal’s Contempt for David 6:16–23
The Temple and the Kingship 7:1–29
David Plans a Temple 7:1–3
God’s Covenant with David 7:4–17
David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving 7:18–29
David’s Triumphs 8:1–18
David and Mephibosheth 9:1–13
David and the Ammonites 10:1–19
David’s Messengers Disgraced 10:1–8
David Defeats Ammon and Aram 10:9–19
David's Troubled Reign 11:1–20:26
David Commits Adultery 11:1–12:31
David and Bethsheba 11:1–13
David Arranges Uriah’s Death 11:14–25
David Marries Bathsheba 11:26–27
Nathan Rebukes David 12:1–12
David’s Loss and Repentance 12:13–23
The Birth of Solomon 12:24–25
The Capture of Rabbah 12:26–31
David’s Family Issues 13:1–14:33
Amnon and Tamar 13:1–39
The Rape of Tamar 13:1–22
Absalom’s Revenge on Amnon 13:23–33
Absalom Flees to Geshur 13:34–39
Absalom’s Return to Jerusalem 14:1–33
Joab Brings Absalom to Jerusalem 14:1–27
Absalom Reconciled to David 14:28–33
The Rebellions against David 15:1–20:26
The Rebellion of Absalom 15:1–19:43
The Rebellion of Sheba 20:1–26
Epilogue 21:1–24:25
David Avenges the Gibeonites 21:1–14
Four Battles against the Philistines 21:15–22
David's Song of Deliverance 22:1–51
David's Last Song 23:1–7
David's Mighty Men 23:8–39
David’s Failed Census 24:1–25
David’s Military Census 24:1–9
Judgment for David’s Sin 24:10–14
A Plague on Israel 24:15–17
David Builds an Altar 24:18–25

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

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

3 “Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.

4 “What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

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

6 “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.

7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I answered, ‘Here I am!’

8 ‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’

9 Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’

10 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

11 Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

12 They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

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

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

15 Then David summoned one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him!” So the young man struck him down, and he died.

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

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

18 and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar:

19 “Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!

20 Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

21 O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.

22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.

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

24 O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.

25 How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

26 I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.

27 How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!”

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