The Covenant Rendering

2 Samuel

שְׁמוּאֵל ב — Shemu'el Bet · "Heard by God"

24 chapters 696 verses Translated from the Westminster Leningrad Codex
Chapter 1 27 verses

After the death of Saul, David had returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed i…

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Chapter 2 32 verses

After this, David inquired of the LORD: "Should I go up to one of the cities of Judah?" Th…

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Chapter 3 39 verses

The war between the house of Saul and the house of David dragged on. David grew steadily s…

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Chapter 4 12 verses

When Saul's son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his hands went slack, and all Israel …

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Chapter 5 25 verses

All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and declared, "We are your bone and your …

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Chapter 6 23 verses

David again assembled every picked fighting man in Israel — thirty thousand.…

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Chapter 7 29 verses

When the king had settled into his house and the LORD had given him rest on every side fro…

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Chapter 8 18 verses

Some time later, David struck down the Philistines and brought them under his control. Dav…

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Chapter 9 13 verses

David said, "Is there still anyone remaining from the house of Saul, so that I may show hi…

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Chapter 10 19 verses

Some time after this, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him on t…

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Chapter 11 27 verses

At the turn of the year -- the season when kings march out to war -- David sent Joab, alon…

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Chapter 12 31 verses

The LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said, "Two men lived in a certain city -…

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Chapter 13 39 verses

Sometime after this, Absalom son of David had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and Amnon so…

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Chapter 14 33 verses

Joab son of Zeruiah recognized that the king's heart was set on Absalom.…

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Chapter 15 37 verses

After this, Absalom acquired a chariot and horses for himself, along with fifty men to run…

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Chapter 16 23 verses

David had just passed beyond the summit when Ziba, the steward of Mephibosheth, came to me…

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Chapter 17 29 verses

Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me select twelve thousand men, and I will set out to…

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Chapter 18 33 verses

David mustered the troops who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousand…

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Chapter 19 44 verses

The king shuddered. He went up to the room above the gate and wept. As he walked, he kept …

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Chapter 20 26 verses

Now a worthless man happened to be there — his name was Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite…

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Chapter 21 22 verses

There was a famine during David's reign -- three years, one year after another. David soug…

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Chapter 22 51 verses

David spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from the gr…

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Chapter 23 39 verses

These are the last words of David: The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the ma…

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Chapter 24 25 verses

The anger of the LORD again burned against Israel, and he incited David against them: "Go,…

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