2 Samuel
2 Samuel 1
Last Updated: October 10, 2026After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag,on the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn and earth on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the earth...
2 Samuel 2
Last Updated: October 10, 2026After this, David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” The LORD said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.”So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the...
2 Samuel 3
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now there was a long war between Saul’s house and David’s house. David grew stronger and stronger, but Saul’s house grew weaker and weaker.Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son...
2 Samuel 4
Last Updated: October 10, 2026When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.Saul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for...
2 Samuel 5
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. The LORD said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will...
2 Samuel 6
Last Updated: October 10, 2026David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah, to bring up from there God’s ark, which is called by the Name, even the name of the LORD of Armies who sits above the cherubim.They set God’s ark...
2 Samuel 7
Last Updated: October 10, 2026When the king lived in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies all around,the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the...
2 Samuel 8
Last Updated: October 10, 2026After this, David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to...
2 Samuel 9
Last Updated: October 10, 2026David said, “Is there yet any who is left of Saul’s house, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”There was of Saul’s house a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” He said, “I am your servant.”The king said, “Is...
2 Samuel 10
Last Updated: October 10, 2026After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of...
2 Samuel 11
Last Updated: October 10, 2026At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From...
2 Samuel 12
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city: the one rich, and the other poor.The rich man had very many flocks and herds,but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up...
2 Samuel 13
Last Updated: October 10, 2026After this, Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.Amnon was so troubled that he became sick because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.But Amnon had a friend...
2 Samuel 14
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil; but be as a woman who has mourned a long...
2 Samuel 15
Last Updated: October 10, 2026After this, Absalom prepared a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. When any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, “What city are you from?” He...
2 Samuel 16
Last Updated: October 10, 2026When David was a little past the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a container of wine.The king said to Ziba, “What do you mean by...
2 Samuel 17
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,and I will bring back...
2 Samuel 18
Last Updated: October 10, 2026David counted the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.David sent the people out, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai...
2 Samuel 19
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”The victory that day was turned into mourning among all the people, for the people heard it said that day, “The king grieves for his son.”The people sneaked into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.The...
2 Samuel 20
Last Updated: October 10, 2026There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”So all the men of Israel went up from following...
2 Samuel 21
Last Updated: October 10, 2026There was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, “It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”The king called the Gibeonites and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not...
2 Samuel 22
Last Updated: October 10, 2026David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,and he said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;God is my rock in whom I take refuge;...
2 Samuel 23
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:“The LORD’s Spirit spoke by me. His word was on my tongue.The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to...
2 Samuel 24
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Again the LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may...