King David bible study 2 Samuel chapters 13 through 21

 

These chapters illustrate all the trials and tribulations David faced after being confronted about the Bathsheba affair, and as prophesied when he was confronted many things did happen. These events that even sins repented of can create troubles for us,especially where there are grievous sins, as David’s sins in regards to Bathsheba were indeed grievous (adultery, murder) so we need to try to be very careful of what we do to start out with, and use the Lord’s strength to resist temptation, something David failed to do (all fail, actually on occasion, only Jesus alone lived a sin free life). We must keep our mistakes to a minimum, and repent as soon as we know we have blown it. I have heard sin compared to throwing a stone in water, the ripples that spread out are representations of its effects on the sinner and others, and there are few if any sins that we commit that do NOT affect others in some way or another, directly or indirectly . Here is a link to the bible study on the Bathsheba affair for you to go to:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/bathsheba-affair-a-repentance-bible-study/251507968325345

In 2 Samuel 13 the intrigue starts with an incest raping and other deeds perhaps brought on to punish David for his terrible sins

(2 Samuel 13:1)  Now Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David's son, loved her.

 

(2 Samuel 13:2)  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.

 

(2 Samuel 13:3)  But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man.

 

(2 Samuel 13:4)  And he said to him, "O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?" Amnon said to him, "I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister."

 

(2 Samuel 13:5)  Jonadab said to him, "Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, 'Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.'"

 

(2 Samuel 13:6)  So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. And when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand."

 

(2 Samuel 13:7)  Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go to your brother Amnon's house and prepare food for him."

 

(2 Samuel 13:8)  So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house, where he was lying down. And she took dough and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and baked the cakes.

 

(2 Samuel 13:9)  And she took the pan and emptied it out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, "Send out everyone from me." So everyone went out from him.

 

(2 Samuel 13:10)  Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat from your hand." And Tamar took the cakes she had made and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

 

(2 Samuel 13:11)  But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister."

 

(2 Samuel 13:12)  She answered him, "No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this outrageous thing.

 

(2 Samuel 13:13)  As for me, where could I carry my shame? And as for you, you would be as one of the outrageous fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you."

 

(2 Samuel 13:14)  But he would not listen to her, and being stronger than she, he violated her and lay with her.

 

(2 Samuel 13:15)  Then Amnon hated her with very great hatred, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, "Get up! Go!"

 

(2 Samuel 13:16)  But she said to him, "No, my brother, for this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you did to me." But he would not listen to her.

 

(2 Samuel 13:17)  He called the young man who served him and said, "Put this woman out of my presence and bolt the door after her."

 

(2 Samuel 13:18)  Now she was wearing a long robe with sleeves, for thus were the virgin daughters of the king dressed. So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her.

 

(2 Samuel 13:19)  And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe that she wore. And she laid her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.

 

(2 Samuel 13:20)  And her brother Absalom said to her, "Has Amnon your brother been with you? Now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this to heart." So Tamar lived, a desolate woman, in her brother Absalom's house.

 

(2 Samuel 13:21)  When King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.

 

(2 Samuel 13:22)  But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.

 

(2 Samuel 13:23)  After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

 

(2 Samuel 13:24)  And Absalom came to the king and said, "Behold, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant."

 

(2 Samuel 13:25)  But the king said to Absalom, "No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you." He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing.

 

(2 Samuel 13:26)  Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us." And the king said to him, "Why should he go with you?"

 

(2 Samuel 13:27)  But Absalom pressed him until he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

 

(2 Samuel 13:28)  Then Absalom commanded his servants, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, 'Strike Amnon,' then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant."

 

(2 Samuel 13:29)  So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and each mounted his mule and fled.

 

(2 Samuel 13:30)  While they were on the way, news came to David, "Absalom has struck down all the king's sons, and not one of them is left."

 

(2 Samuel 13:31)  Then the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the earth. And all his servants who were standing by tore their garments.

 

(2 Samuel 13:32)  But Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, "Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the king's sons, for Amnon alone is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day he violated his sister Tamar.

 

(2 Samuel 13:33)  Now therefore let not my lord the king so take it to heart as to suppose that all the king's sons are dead, for Amnon alone is dead."

 

(2 Samuel 13:34)  But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain.

 

(2 Samuel 13:35)  And Jonadab said to the king, "Behold, the king's sons have come; as your servant said, so it has come about."

 

(2 Samuel 13:36)  And as soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the king's sons came and lifted up their voice and wept. And the king also and all his servants wept very bitterly.

 

(2 Samuel 13:37)  But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son day after day.

 

(2 Samuel 13:38)  So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

 

(2 Samuel 13:39)  And the spirit of the king longed to go out to Absalom, because he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.

 

In 2 Samuel chapter 14 then there are some more drama a woman makes an appeal to David and then Absalom is then pointed out to be charismatic and none to be praised like him

(2 Samuel 14:1)  Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king's heart went out to Absalom.

 

(2 Samuel 14:2)  And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, "Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.

 

(2 Samuel 14:3)  Go to the king and speak thus to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.

 

(2 Samuel 14:4)  When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, "Save me, O king."

 

(2 Samuel 14:5)  And the king said to her, "What is your trouble?" She answered, "Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.

 

(2 Samuel 14:6)  And your servant had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

 

(2 Samuel 14:7)  And now the whole clan has risen against your servant, and they say, 'Give up the man who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed.' And so they would destroy the heir also. Thus they would quench my coal that is left and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth."

 

(2 Samuel 14:8)  Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."

 

(2 Samuel 14:9)  And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, "On me be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father's house; let the king and his throne be guiltless."

 

(2 Samuel 14:10)  The king said, "If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall never touch you again."

 

(2 Samuel 14:11)  Then she said, "Please let the king invoke the LORD your God, that the avenger of blood kill no more, and my son be not destroyed." He said, "As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground."

 

(2 Samuel 14:12)  Then the woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Speak."

 

(2 Samuel 14:13)  And the woman said, "Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in giving this decision the king convicts himself, inasmuch as the king does not bring his banished one home again.

 

(2 Samuel 14:14)  We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means so that the banished one will not remain an outcast.

 

(2 Samuel 14:15)  Now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid, and your servant thought, 'I will speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

 

(2 Samuel 14:16)  For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the heritage of God.'

 

(2 Samuel 14:17)  And your servant thought, 'The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,' for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The LORD your God be with you!"

 

(2 Samuel 14:18)  Then the king answered the woman, "Do not hide from me anything I ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."

 

(2 Samuel 14:19)  The king said, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?" The woman answered and said, "As surely as you live, my lord the king, one cannot turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. It was your servant Joab who commanded me; it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant.

 

(2 Samuel 14:20)  In order to change the course of things your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God to know all things that are on the earth."

 

(2 Samuel 14:21)  Then the king said to Joab, "Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom."

 

(2 Samuel 14:22)  And Joab fell on his face to the ground and paid homage and blessed the king. And Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant."

 

(2 Samuel 14:23)  So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

 

(2 Samuel 14:24)  And the king said, "Let him dwell apart in his own house; he is not to come into my presence." So Absalom lived apart in his own house and did not come into the king's presence.

 

(2 Samuel 14:25)  Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

 

(2 Samuel 14:26)  And when he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels by the king's weight.

 

(2 Samuel 14:27)  There were born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.

 

(2 Samuel 14:28)  So Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without coming into the king's presence.

 

(2 Samuel 14:29)  Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but Joab would not come.

 

(2 Samuel 14:30)  Then he said to his servants, "See, Joab's field is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

 

(2 Samuel 14:31)  Then Joab arose and went to Absalom at his house and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"

 

(2 Samuel 14:32)  Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent word to you, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still." Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.'"

 

(2 Samuel 14:33)  Then Joab went to the king and told him, and he summoned Absalom. So he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.

 

In 2 Samuel chapter 15 then the revolt of Absalom happens and David is forced to flee from Jerusalem to hide from Absalom and his men who have momentarily overthrown David’s kingship

(2 Samuel 15:1)  After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

 

(2 Samuel 15:2)  And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, "From what city are you?" And when he said, "Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,"

 

(2 Samuel 15:3)  Absalom would say to him, "See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you."

 

(2 Samuel 15:4)  Then Absalom would say, "Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice."

 

(2 Samuel 15:5)  And whenever a man came near to pay homage to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.

 

(2 Samuel 15:6)  Thus Absalom did to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

 

(2 Samuel 15:7)  And at the end of four years Absalom said to the king, "Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron.

 

(2 Samuel 15:8)  For your servant vowed a vow while I lived at Geshur in Aram, saying, 'If the LORD will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will offer worship to the LORD.'"

 

(2 Samuel 15:9)  The king said to him, "Go in peace." So he arose and went to Hebron.

 

(2 Samuel 15:10)  But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, 'Absalom is king at Hebron!'"

 

(2 Samuel 15:11)  With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem who were invited guests, and they went in their innocence and knew nothing.

 

(2 Samuel 15:12)  And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.

 

(2 Samuel 15:13)  And a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom."

 

(2 Samuel 15:14)  Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword."

 

(2 Samuel 15:15)  And the king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides."

 

(2 Samuel 15:16)  So the king went out, and all his household after him. And the king left ten concubines to keep the house.

 

(2 Samuel 15:17)  And the king went out, and all the people after him. And they halted at the last house.

 

(2 Samuel 15:18)  And all his servants passed by him, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath, passed on before the king.

 

(2 Samuel 15:19)  Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why do you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home.

 

(2 Samuel 15:20)  You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go I know not where? Go back and take your brothers with you, and may the LORD show steadfast love and faithfulness to you."

 

(2 Samuel 15:21)  But Ittai answered the king, "As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be."

 

(2 Samuel 15:22)  And David said to Ittai, "Go then, pass on." So Ittai the Gittite passed on with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.

 

(2 Samuel 15:23)  And all the land wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people passed on toward the wilderness.

 

(2 Samuel 15:24)  And Abiathar came up, and behold, Zadok came also with all the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God until the people had all passed out of the city.

 

(2 Samuel 15:25)  Then the king said to Zadok, "Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me back and let me see both it and his dwelling place.

 

(2 Samuel 15:26)  But if he says, 'I have no pleasure in you,' behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him."

 

(2 Samuel 15:27)  The king also said to Zadok the priest, "Are you not a seer? Go back to the city in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

 

(2 Samuel 15:28)  See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me."

 

(2 Samuel 15:29)  So Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they remained there.

 

(2 Samuel 15:30)  But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.

 

(2 Samuel 15:31)  And it was told David, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness."

 

(2 Samuel 15:32)  While David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn and dirt on his head.

 

(2 Samuel 15:33)  David said to him, "If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me.

 

(2 Samuel 15:34)  But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,' then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.

 

(2 Samuel 15:35)  Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So whatever you hear from the king's house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

 

(2 Samuel 15:36)  Behold, their two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son, and by them you shall send to me everything you hear."

 

(2 Samuel 15:37)  So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

 

In chapter 16 then the then refugee David finds some help from one Ziba as he is fleeing from Absalom but also curses from one of Saul’s descendants  but David would not let them kill the person cursing him

(2 Samuel 16:1)  When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

 

(2 Samuel 16:2)  And the king said to Ziba, "Why have you brought these?" Ziba answered, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who faint in the wilderness to drink."

 

(2 Samuel 16:3)  And the king said, "And where is your master's son?" Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father.'"

 

(2 Samuel 16:4)  Then the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours." And Ziba said, "I pay homage; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord the king."

 

(2 Samuel 16:5)  When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he cursed continually.

 

(2 Samuel 16:6)  And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

 

(2 Samuel 16:7)  And Shimei said as he cursed, "Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man!

 

(2 Samuel 16:8)  The LORD has avenged on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood."

 

(2 Samuel 16:9)  Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head."

 

(2 Samuel 16:10)  But the king said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the LORD has said to him, 'Curse David,' who then shall say, 'Why have you done so?'"

 

(2 Samuel 16:11)  And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Behold, my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the LORD has told him to.

 

(2 Samuel 16:12)  It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing today."

 

(2 Samuel 16:13)  So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust.

 

(2 Samuel 16:14)  And the king, and all the people who were with him, arrived weary at the Jordan. And there he refreshed himself.

 

(2 Samuel 16:15)  Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

 

(2 Samuel 16:16)  And when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"

 

(2 Samuel 16:17)  And Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?"

 

(2 Samuel 16:18)  And Hushai said to Absalom, "No, for whom the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain.

 

(2 Samuel 16:19)  And again, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so I will serve you."

 

(2 Samuel 16:20)  Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel. What shall we do?"

 

(2 Samuel 16:21)  Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened."

 

(2 Samuel 16:22)  So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof. And Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

 

(2 Samuel 16:23)  Now in those days the counsel that Ahithophel gave was as if one consulted the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel esteemed, both by David and by Absalom.

 

In 2 Samuel chapter 17 then Absalom makes plans to go get David and his men to kill them but God protected David and his men from those plans and even people brought provisions of food for them to eat

(2 Samuel 17:1)  Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight.

 

(2 Samuel 17:2)  I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king,

 

(2 Samuel 17:3)  and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man, and all the people will be at peace."

 

(2 Samuel 17:4)  And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

 

(2 Samuel 17:5)  Then Absalom said, "Call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say."

 

(2 Samuel 17:6)  And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "Thus has Ahithophel spoken; shall we do as he says? If not, you speak."

 

(2 Samuel 17:7)  Then Hushai said to Absalom, "This time the counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good."

 

(2 Samuel 17:8)  Hushai said, "You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.

 

(2 Samuel 17:9)  Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits or in some other place. And as soon as some of the people fall at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, 'There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.'

 

(2 Samuel 17:10)  Then even the valiant man, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and that those who are with him are valiant men.

 

(2 Samuel 17:11)  But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, as the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.

 

(2 Samuel 17:12)  So we shall come upon him in some place where he is to be found, and we shall light upon him as the dew falls on the ground, and of him and all the men with him not one will be left.

 

(2 Samuel 17:13)  If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we shall drag it into the valley, until not even a pebble is to be found there."

 

(2 Samuel 17:14)  And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring harm upon Absalom.

 

(2 Samuel 17:15)  Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, "Thus and so did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so have I counseled.

 

(2 Samuel 17:16)  Now therefore send quickly and tell David, 'Do not stay tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.'"

 

(2 Samuel 17:17)  Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at En-rogel. A female servant was to go and tell them, and they were to go and tell King David, for they were not to be seen entering the city.

 

(2 Samuel 17:18)  But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So both of them went away quickly and came to the house of a man at Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard. And they went down into it.

 

(2 Samuel 17:19)  And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth and scattered grain on it, and nothing was known of it.

 

(2 Samuel 17:20)  When Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" And the woman said to them, "They have gone over the brook of water." And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

 

(2 Samuel 17:21)  After they had gone, the men came up out of the well, and went and told King David. They said to David, "Arise, and go quickly over the water, for thus and so has Ahithophel counseled against you."

 

(2 Samuel 17:22)  Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they crossed the Jordan. By daybreak not one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.

 

(2 Samuel 17:23)  When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

 

(2 Samuel 17:24)  Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

 

(2 Samuel 17:25)  Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

 

(2 Samuel 17:26)  And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

 

(2 Samuel 17:27)  When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,

 

(2 Samuel 17:28)  brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans and lentils,

 

(2 Samuel 17:29)  honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, "The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness."

 

David gathers an army to deal with Absalom and his army and then meets, fights and defeats Abaslom’s army in battle, and Absalom is killed during/just after the battle- God delivering David from his usurping son and his evil plans, yet at the end of the chapter David mourns the death of Absalom, even though Absalom overthrew David, and wanted to kill David, too (talk about loving one’s enemies)

(2 Samuel 18:1)  Then David mustered the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds.

 

(2 Samuel 18:2)  And David sent out the army, one third under the command of Joab, one third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the men, "I myself will also go out with you."

 

(2 Samuel 18:3)  But the men said, "You shall not go out. For if we flee, they will not care about us. If half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore it is better that you send us help from the city."

 

(2 Samuel 18:4)  The king said to them, "Whatever seems best to you I will do." So the king stood at the side of the gate, while all the army marched out by hundreds and by thousands.

 

(2Sa 18:5)  And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom." And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom.

 

(2 Samuel 18:6)  So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.

 

(2 Samuel 18:7)  And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the loss there was great on that day, twenty thousand men.

 

(2 Samuel 18:8)  The battle spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword.

 

(2 Samuel 18:9)  And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him went on.

 

(2 Samuel 18:10)  And a certain man saw it and told Joab, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak."

 

(2 Samuel 18:11)  Joab said to the man who told him, "What, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have been glad to give you ten pieces of silver and a belt."

 

(2 Samuel 18:12)  But the man said to Joab, "Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not reach out my hand against the king's son, for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, 'For my sake protect the young man Absalom.'

 

(2Sa 18:13)  On the other hand, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof."

 

(2 Samuel 18:14)  Joab said, "I will not waste time like this with you." And he took three javelins in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak.

 

(2 Samuel 18:15)  And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him and killed him.

 

(2 Samuel 18:16)  Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops came back from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained them.

 

(2 Samuel 18:17)  And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every one to his own home.

 

(2 Samuel 18:18)  Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument to this day.

 

(2 Samuel 18:19)  Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, "Let me run and carry news to the king that the LORD has delivered him from the hand of his enemies."

 

(2 Samuel 18:20)  And Joab said to him, "You are not to carry news today. You may carry news another day, but today you shall carry no news, because the king's son is dead."

 

(2 Samuel 18:21)  Then Joab said to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen." The Cushite bowed before Joab, and ran.

 

(2 Samuel 18:22)  Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, "Come what may, let me also run after the Cushite." And Joab said, "Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?"

 

(2 Samuel 18:23)  "Come what may," he said, "I will run." So he said to him, "Run." Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran the Cushite.

 

(2 Samuel 18:24)  Now David was sitting between the two gates, and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he lifted up his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone.

 

(2 Samuel 18:25)  The watchman called out and told the king. And the king said, "If he is alone, there is news in his mouth." And he drew nearer and nearer.

 

(2 Samuel 18:26)  The watchman saw another man running. And the watchman called to the gate and said, "See, another man running alone!" The king said, "He also brings news."

 

(2 Samuel 18:27)  The watchman said, "I think the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok." And the king said, "He is a good man and comes with good news."

 

(2 Samuel 18:28)  Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, "All is well." And he bowed before the king with his face to the earth and said, "Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king."

 

(2 Samuel 18:29)  And the king said, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab sent the king's servant, your servant, I saw a great commotion, but I do not know what it was."

 

(2 Samuel 18:30)  And the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.

 

(2 Samuel 18:31)  And behold, the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, "Good news for my lord the king! For the LORD has delivered you this day from the hand of all who rose up against you."

 

(2 Samuel 18:32)  The king said to the Cushite, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" And the Cushite answered, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you for evil be like that young man."

 

(2 Samuel 18:33)  And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!"

 

In 2 Samuel chapter 19 David continues to mourn for His dead son, Absalom, and in doing so dishonoring and even despising those who had saved David from his plot, restoring David to his kingship after Absalom’s overthrow of him, also likely saving David’s life in the process.until Joab strongly rebukes David for his excessive mourning, encouraging David to celebrate the victory with the peple then all the men of Israel and Judah go back but there is an argument between them

(2 Samuel 19:1)  It was told Joab, "Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom."

 

(2 Samuel 19:2)  So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for the people heard that day, "The king is grieving for his son."

 

(2 Samuel 19:3)  And the people stole into the city that day as people steal in who are ashamed when they flee in battle.

 

(2 Samuel 19:4)  The king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!"

 

(2 Samuel 19:5)  Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, "You have today covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who have this day saved your life and the lives of your sons and your daughters and the lives of your wives and your concubines,

 

(2 Samuel 19:6)  because you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. For you have made it clear today that commanders and servants are nothing to you, for today I know that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then you would be pleased.

 

(2 Samuel 19:7)  Now therefore arise, go out and speak kindly to your servants, for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go, not a man will stay with you this night, and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now."

 

(2 Samuel 19:8)  Then the king arose and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate." And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his own home.

 

(2 Samuel 19:9)  And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and saved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.

 

(2 Samuel 19:10)  But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?"

 

(2 Samuel 19:11)  And King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests: "Say to the elders of Judah, 'Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king?

 

(2 Samuel 19:12)  You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?'

 

(2 Samuel 19:13)  And say to Amasa, 'Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if you are not commander of my army from now on in place of Joab.'"

 

(2 Samuel 19:14)  And he swayed the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, so that they sent word to the king, "Return, both you and all your servants."

 

(2 Samuel 19:15)  So the king came back to the Jordan, and Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and to bring the king over the Jordan.

 

(2 Samuel 19:16)  And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, from Bahurim, hurried to come down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

 

(2 Samuel 19:17)  And with him were a thousand men from Benjamin. And Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, with his fifteen sons and his twenty servants, rushed down to the Jordan before the king,

 

(2 Samuel 19:18)  and they crossed the ford to bring over the king's household and to do his pleasure. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was about to cross the Jordan,

 

(2 Samuel 19:19)  and said to the king, "Let not my lord hold me guilty or remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. Do not let the king take it to heart.

 

(2 Samuel 19:20)  For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore, behold, I have come this day, the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king."

 

(2 Samuel 19:21)  Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, "Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?"

 

(2 Samuel 19:22)  But David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be as an adversary to me? Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?"

 

(2 Samuel 19:23)  And the king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." And the king gave him his oath.

 

(2 Samuel 19:24)  And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety.

 

(2 Samuel 19:25)  And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?"

 

(2 Samuel 19:26)  He answered, "My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him, 'I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king.' For your servant is lame.

 

(2 Samuel 19:27)  He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.

 

(2 Samuel 19:28)  For all my father's house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right have I, then, to cry to the king?"

 

(2 Samuel 19:29)  And the king said to him, "Why speak any more of your affairs? I have decided: you and Ziba shall divide the land."

 

(2 Samuel 19:30)  And Mephibosheth said to the king, "Oh, let him take it all, since my lord the king has come safely home."

 

(2 Samuel 19:31)  Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, and he went on with the king to the Jordan, to escort him over the Jordan.

 

(2 Samuel 19:32)  Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. He had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.

 

(2 Samuel 19:33)  And the king said to Barzillai, "Come over with me, and I will provide for you with me in Jerusalem."

 

(2 Samuel 19:34)  But Barzillai said to the king, "How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

 

(2 Samuel 19:35)  I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

 

(2 Samuel 19:36)  Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?

 

(2 Samuel 19:37)  Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him go over with my lord the king, and do for him whatever seems good to you."

 

(2 Samuel 19:38)  And the king answered, "Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you, and all that you desire of me I will do for you."

 

(2 Samuel 19:39)  Then all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. And the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own home.

 

(2 Samuel 19:40)  The king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him. All the people of Judah, and also half the people of Israel, brought the king on his way.

 

(2 Samuel 19:41)  Then all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, "Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away and brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all David's men with him?"

 

(2 Samuel 19:42)  All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "Because the king is our close relative. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's expense? Or has he given us any gift?"

 

(2 Samuel 19:43)  And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, "We have ten shares in the king, and in David also we have more than you. Why then did you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king?" But the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

 

In 2 Samuel chapter 20 Sheba’s rebellion against David is dealt with decisively and crushed, the leaders of that rebellion being killed for the rebellion , then people return to their homes

(2 Samuel 20:1)  Now there happened to be there a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said, "We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!"

 

(2 Samuel 20:2)  So all the men of Israel withdrew from David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah followed their king steadfastly from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

 

(2 Samuel 20:3)  And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to care for the house and put them in a house under guard and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as if in widowhood.

 

(2 Samuel 20:4)  Then the king said to Amasa, "Call the men of Judah together to me within three days, and be here yourself."

 

(2 Samuel 20:5)  So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he delayed beyond the set time that had been appointed him.

 

(2 Samuel 20:6)  And David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord's servants and pursue him, lest he get himself to fortified cities and escape from us."

 

(2 Samuel 20:7)  And there went out after him Joab's men and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men. They went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

 

(2 Samuel 20:8)  When they were at the great stone that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing a soldier's garment, and over it was a belt with a sword in its sheath fastened on his thigh, and as he went forward it fell out.

 

(2 Samuel 20:9)  And Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with you, my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

 

(2 Samuel 20:10)  But Amasa did not observe the sword that was in Joab's hand. So Joab struck him with it in the stomach and spilled his entrails to the ground without striking a second blow, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

 

(2 Samuel 20:11)  And one of Joab's young men took his stand by Amasa and said, "Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab."

 

(2 Samuel 20:12)  And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the highway. And anyone who came by, seeing him, stopped. And when the man saw that all the people stopped, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field and threw a garment over him.

 

(2 Samuel 20:13)  When he was taken out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

 

(2 Samuel 20:14)  And Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth-maacah, and all the Bichrites assembled and followed him in.

 

(2 Samuel 20:15)  And all the men who were with Joab came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah. They cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart, and they were battering the wall to throw it down.

 

(2 Samuel 20:16)  Then a wise woman called from the city, "Listen! Listen! Tell Joab, 'Come here, that I may speak to you.'"

 

(2 Samuel 20:17)  And he came near her, and the woman said, "Are you Joab?" He answered, "I am." Then she said to him, "Listen to the words of your servant." And he answered, "I am listening."

 

(2 Samuel 20:18)  Then she said, "They used to say in former times, 'Let them but ask counsel at Abel,' and so they settled a matter.

 

(2 Samuel 20:19)  I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the heritage of the LORD?"

 

(2 Samuel 20:20)  Joab answered, "Far be it from me, far be it, that I should swallow up or destroy!

 

(2 Samuel 20:21)  That is not true. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, called Sheba the son of Bichri, has lifted up his hand against King David. Give up him alone, and I will withdraw from the city." And the woman said to Joab, "Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall."

 

(2 Samuel 20:22)  Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

 

(2 Samuel 20:23)  Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

 

(2 Samuel 20:24)  and Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

 

(2 Samuel 20:25)  and Sheva was secretary; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

 

(2Sa 20:26)  and Ira the Jairite was also David's priest.

 

In 1 Samuel chapter 21 David, under a three year famine is caused to happen by the Lord in order to deal with and punish bloodguilt (of Saul) with the Gibeonites, which David his successor then does so successfully , then David goes out to war against the Philistines and nearly gets killed in a battle, and his men tell David to not go with them to any more of the battles that they fight anymore because one of them had to rescue David, who was faint, from the hand of a Philistine giant, and four of the giants are killed in battles

(2 Samuel 21:1)  Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, "There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death."

 

(2 Samuel 21:2)  So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites. Although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had sought to strike them down in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.

 

(2 Samuel 21:3)  And David said to the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? And how shall I make atonement, that you may bless the heritage of the LORD?"

 

(2 Samuel 21:4)  The Gibeonites said to him, "It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel." And he said, "What do you say that I shall do for you?"

 

(2 Samuel 21:5)  They said to the king, "The man who consumed us and planned to destroy us, so that we should have no place in all the territory of Israel,

 

(2 Samuel 21:6)  let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD." And the king said, "I will give them."

 

(2 Samuel 21:7)  But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of the oath of the LORD that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

 

(2 Samuel 21:8)  The king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;

 

(2 Samuel 21:9)  and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the LORD, and the seven of them perished together. They were put to death in the first days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest.

 

(2 Samuel 21:10)  Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens. And she did not allow the birds of the air to come upon them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.

 

(2 Samuel 21:11)  When David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,

 

(2 Samuel 21:12)  David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa.

 

(2 Samuel 21:13)  And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.

 

(2 Samuel 21:14)  And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father. And they did all that the king commanded. And after that God responded to the plea for the land.

 

(2 Samuel 21:15)  There was war again between the Philistines and Israel, and David went down together with his servants, and they fought against the Philistines. And David grew weary.

 

(2 Samuel 21:16)  And Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze, and who was armed with a new sword, thought to kill David.

 

(2 Samuel 21:17)  But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, "You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel."

 

(2 Samuel 21:18)  After this there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was one of the descendants of the giants.

 

(2 Samuel 21:19)  And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

 

(2 Samuel 21:20)  And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number, and he also was descended from the giants.

 

(2 Samuel 21:21)  And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down.

 

(2 Samuel 21:22)  These four were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

 

Here is a link to a bible study that finishes up the acts of David and then continues on with Solomon, in the Chronicles

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/david-and-solomon-a-bible-study/251556331653842

God loved David because he repented, and even though David had to pay the price for his affair with Bathsheba it was through her Solomon, his successor was born. This all shows the mercy and love that God displays to all of His children, even today. God really showed His mercy toward us when He sent His Son Jesus to Earth to die for us on the cross for all of our sins out of love and mercy, wanting a relationship with us. Jesus did this willingly, also wanting the relationship, as well, knowing that His death on the cross paid for our sins making this love relationship possible. There is nothing that can ever be compared to a love relationship with the Lord, nothing at all. I am now including a prayer which you can use to invite Jesus into your heart and begin this love relationship with God  which is so wonderful. Please pray this prayer with me

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

God bless you and yours