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2 Samuel 11–12:14 ( Listen ) David and Bathsheba 11:1  In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. 2  It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from t...

2 Samuel 9 ( Listen ) David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth 9:1 And David said, “Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” 2 Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David. And the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” And he said, “I am your servant.” 3 And the king said, “Is there not still someone o...

Psalm 110 ( Listen ) Sit at My Right Hand A Psalm of David.   110:1   The LORD says to my Lord:     “Sit at my right hand,   until I make your enemies your footstool.”   2   The LORD sends forth from Zion     your mighty scepter.     Rule in the midst of your enemies! 3   Your people will offer themselves freely     on the day of your power, 1     in holy garments; 2   from the womb of the morning...

Psalm 110 ( Listen ) Sit at My Right Hand A Psalm of David.   110:1   The LORD says to my Lord:     “Sit at my right hand,   until I make your enemies your footstool.”   2   The LORD sends forth from Zion     your mighty scepter.     Rule in the midst of your enemies! 3   Your people will offer themselves freely     on the day of your power, 1     in holy garments; 2   from the womb of the morning...

2 Samuel 7 ( Listen ) The Lord’s Covenant with David 7:1 Now when the king lived in his house and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, 2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.” 3 And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.” 4 But that same night the word...

2 Samuel 6:11–23 ( Listen ) 11  And the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and all his household. 12  And it was told King David, “The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of Davi...

2 Samuel 6:1–11 ( Listen ) The Ark Brought to Jerusalem 6:1  David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2  And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim. 3  And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it...

2 Samuel 3 ( Listen ) Abner Joins David 3:1  There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker. 2  And sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam of Jezreel; 3  and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; and the third, Absalom the son of Maa...

1 Samuel 27:1–7 ( Listen ) David Flees to the Philistines 27:1  Then David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.” 2  So David arose and went over, he and the six hundr...

1 Samuel 28 ( Listen ) Saul and the Medium of En-dor 28:1  In those days the Philistines gathered their forces for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, “Understand that you and your men are to go out with me in the army.” 2  David said to Achish, “Very well, you shall know what your servant can do.” And Achish said to David, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.” 3 ...

1 Samuel 22:1–2 ( Listen ) David at the Cave of Adullam 22:1  David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him. 2  And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, 1 gathered to him. And he became commander over them. And there were with him about...

Psalm 52 ( Listen ) The Steadfast Love of God Endures To the choirmaster. A Maskil 1 of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” 52:1    Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?     The steadfast love of God endures all the day. 2    Your tongue plots destruction,     like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit. 3    You love evil more than good,  ...

1 Samuel 21 ( Listen ) David and the Holy Bread 21:1  1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David, trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?” 2  And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you, and with which I have charged...

1 Samuel 20:1–17 ( Listen ) Jonathan Warns David 20:1  Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?” 2  And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this...

1 Samuel 17:57–18:16 ( Listen ) 57  And as soon as David returned from the striking down of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 58  And Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.” David and Jonathan’s Friendship 18:1  As soon as he had finished speak...

1 Samuel 17 ( Listen ) David and Goliath 17:1  Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle. And they were gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. 2  And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in line of battle against the Philistines. 3  And the Philistines stood on the mountain o...

1 Samuel 16 ( Listen ) David Anointed King 16:1 The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” 2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the LORD said, “Take a heifer...

1 Samuel 10:17–24 ( Listen ) Saul Proclaimed King 17  Now Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah. 18  And he said to the people of Israel, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’ 19  But today you have rejected your God, who saves y...

1 Samuel 8 ( Listen ) Israel Demands a King 8:1  When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel. 2  The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. 3  Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice. 4  Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel...

1 Samuel 4:1–11 ( Listen ) The Philistines Capture the Ark 4:1  And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek. 2  The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated before the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field o...

1 Samuel 2:12–3:21 ( Listen ) Eli’s Worthless Sons 12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the LORD. 13 The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come, while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand, 14 and he would thrust it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or pot. All that the fork broug...

1 Samuel 1:1–20 ( Listen ) The Birth of Samuel 1:1  There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. 2  He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3  Now this man used to go up...

Proverbs 31 ( Listen ) The Words of King Lemuel 31:1  The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: 2    What are you doing, my son? 1 What are you doing, son of my womb?     What are you doing, son of my vows? 3    Do not give your strength to women,     your ways to those who destroy kings. 4    It is not for kings, O Lemuel,     it is not for kings to drink wine,     or for ru...

Proverbs 8:13 ( Listen ) 13    The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil.   Pride and arrogance and the way of evil     and perverted speech I hate. ( ESV ) Proverbs 11:2 ( Listen ) 2    When pride comes, then comes disgrace,     but with the humble is wisdom. ( ESV ) Proverbs 15:25 ( Listen ) 25    The LORD tears down the house of the proud     but maintains the widow’s boundaries. ( ESV ) Proverbs...