The Covenant Rendering
2 Samuel
שְׁמוּאֵל ב — Shemu'el Bet · "Heard by God"
After the death of Saul, David had returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed i…
After this, David inquired of the LORD: "Should I go up to one of the cities of Judah?" Th…
The war between the house of Saul and the house of David dragged on. David grew steadily s…
When Saul's son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his hands went slack, and all Israel …
All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and declared, "We are your bone and your …
David again assembled every picked fighting man in Israel — thirty thousand.…
When the king had settled into his house and the LORD had given him rest on every side fro…
Some time later, David struck down the Philistines and brought them under his control. Dav…
David said, "Is there still anyone remaining from the house of Saul, so that I may show hi…
Some time after this, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him on t…
At the turn of the year -- the season when kings march out to war -- David sent Joab, alon…
The LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said, "Two men lived in a certain city -…
Sometime after this, Absalom son of David had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and Amnon so…
Joab son of Zeruiah recognized that the king's heart was set on Absalom.…
After this, Absalom acquired a chariot and horses for himself, along with fifty men to run…
David had just passed beyond the summit when Ziba, the steward of Mephibosheth, came to me…
Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me select twelve thousand men, and I will set out to…
David mustered the troops who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousand…
The king shuddered. He went up to the room above the gate and wept. As he walked, he kept …
Now a worthless man happened to be there — his name was Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite…
There was a famine during David's reign -- three years, one year after another. David soug…
David spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from the gr…
These are the last words of David: The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the ma…
The anger of the LORD again burned against Israel, and he incited David against them: "Go,…