David (1 Samuel 16:1–13; 1 Samuel 17:45–47; 1 Samuel 18:1–4; 1 Samuel 22:22; 1 Samuel 24:1–22; 1 Samuel 25:32–34; 1 Samuel 26:9–11; 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Samuel 1:17–27; 2 Samuel 5:1–10; 2 Samuel 6:12–15; 2 Samuel 7:1–29; 2 Samuel 9:1–7; 2 Samuel 11:1–27; 2 Samuel 12:1–14; 2 Samuel 18:33; 2 Samuel 24:10; 1 Kings 2:1–4; Psalms 51:1; Acts 13:22)

Shepherd, King, Man after God's Own Heart

The youngest son of Jesse of Beth-lehem, anointed by Samuel while keeping the sheep, who slew Goliath, was hunted by Saul and spared him, was made king at Hebron and took Zion, brought the ark into the city of David, received the promise of a house and a throne, sinned against Uriah and was rebuked by Nathan, fled from Absalom and mourned him, numbered the people, and charged Solomon before he slept with his fathers.

The LORD told Samuel, “I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons” (1 Samuel 16:1). Of the sons who passed before Samuel, “Jehovah hath not chosen these” (1 Samuel 16:10), and the youngest, who was keeping the sheep, was brought in: “Arise, anoint him; for this is he.” (1 Samuel 16:12) Samuel “anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon David from that day forward” (1 Samuel 16:13). He came to Saul as a player on the harp, and then, with a sling and a stone, he went out against Goliath of Gath “in the name of Jehovah of hosts” (1 Samuel 17:45). When the women sang, “Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands” (1 Samuel 18:7), Saul “eyed David from that day and forward” (1 Samuel 18:9), and David became a man hunted by the king, bound in covenant to Saul's son Jonathan, twice holding Saul in his hand and twice refusing to strike “Jehovah’s anointed” (1 Samuel 24:6). Between those two sparings Abigail met him on his way to avenge himself on Nabal, and he blessed her, “that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness” (1 Samuel 25:33). When Ziklag was burned and his own men spoke of stoning him, “David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God” (1 Samuel 30:6).

After Saul and Jonathan fell, David lamented them, went up to Hebron at the word of the LORD, and was anointed by the men of Judah and later by the elders of Israel (2 Samuel 1:17-27; 2:1-4; 5:1-3). He took the stronghold of Zion, “the city of David” (2 Samuel 5:7), and “waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah, the God of hosts, was with him” (2 Samuel 5:10). He brought the ark of God up into that city with dancing and sacrifice (2 Samuel 6). When he said that he dwelt in a house of cedar while the ark dwelt within curtains, the word of the LORD came by Nathan the prophet that the LORD would make David a house, and that his throne would be “established for ever” (2 Samuel 7:16). He sought out Jonathan's lame son Mephibosheth to show him kindness “for Jonathan’s sake” (2 Samuel 9:1). Then, while Joab besieged Rabbah, David took Bath-sheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, and wrote that Uriah be set where he would die: “But the thing that David had done displeased Jehovah” (2 Samuel 11:27). Nathan came to him: “Thou art the man” (2 Samuel 12:7), and said that “the sword shall never depart from thy house” (2 Samuel 12:10). David answered, “I have sinned against Jehovah” (2 Samuel 12:13). Later his son Absalom “stole the hearts of the men of Israel” (2 Samuel 15:6), and David fled Jerusalem; when Absalom was killed David cried, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!” (2 Samuel 18:33). When he had numbered the people, “David’s heart smote him” (2 Samuel 24:10). He charged Solomon to keep the law of Moses, “slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David” (1 Kings 2:10).

Psalms whose titles bear David's name are scattered through the book of Psalms; the title of Psalm 18 calls him “David the servant of Jehovah” (Psalms 18:1), and his last words in Samuel call him “the sweet psalmist of Israel” (2 Samuel 23:1). Ruth ends with his ancestry: Obed “is the father of Jesse, the father of David” (Ruth 4:17). The New Testament calls Jesus Christ “the son of David” (Matthew 1:1) and records the promise that the Lord God “shall give unto him the throne of his father David” (Luke 1:32); Jesus asks the Pharisees, “If David then calleth him Lord, how is he his son?” (Matthew 22:45). In Acts, Paul says that God “raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will” (Acts 13:22).

Strengths

• Came in the name of the LORD of hosts
• Behaved himself wisely
• Would not put forth his hand against the LORD's anointed
• Strengthened himself in the LORD his God
• Inquired of the LORD
• Kindness for Jonathan's sake
• Danced before the LORD with all his might
• Asked “Who am I?” before the promise
• Said “I have sinned against the LORD”

Weaknesses

• Would have avenged himself on Nabal
• Occasioned the death of the priests' house
• Took Uriah's wife and smote Uriah with the sword
• Did very foolishly in numbering the people

Themes

• Anointed shepherd-king
• The LORD was with him
• Sparing the LORD's anointed
• A house and a throne for ever
• Sin and confession
• Sorrow over sons
• The psalmist

Anointed in Jesse's house (1 Samuel 16:1–13; 1 Samuel 16:18–23)

Samuel is sent to Jesse at Beth-lehem; the sons pass before him, and the youngest, keeping the sheep, is anointed, and the Spirit of the LORD comes upon David.

Anointed in Jesse's house

The LORD said to Samuel, “fill thy horn with oil, and go: I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons” (1 Samuel 16:1). When Samuel saw Eliab he said, “Surely Jehovah’s anointed is before him” (1 Samuel 16:6), but the LORD said, “Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7).

Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, and Samuel said, “Jehovah hath not chosen these.” (1 Samuel 16:10) “Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep” (1 Samuel 16:11).

“And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look upon. And Jehovah said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he. Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon David from that day forward” (1 Samuel 16:12-13).

One of Saul's young men spoke of David as “skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Jehovah is with him” (1 Samuel 16:18). So David came to Saul, and when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, “David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well” (1 Samuel 16:23).

Goliath of Gath (1 Samuel 17:4–11; 1 Samuel 17:32–51)

Goliath defies the armies of Israel; David, a youth, goes out against him with a sling and five smooth stones in the name of the LORD of hosts, and the Philistines flee.

Goliath of Gath

A champion named Goliath, of Gath, came out of the camp of the Philistines and cried to the armies of Israel, “choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me” (1 Samuel 17:8). “And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid” (1 Samuel 17:11).

David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine” (1 Samuel 17:32). He told of the lion and the bear that had taken a lamb from his father's flock, and said, “Jehovah that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” (1 Samuel 17:37) Saul answered, “Go, and Jehovah shall be with thee” (1 Samuel 17:37). David put off Saul's armor, “for I have not proved them” (1 Samuel 17:39), and “chose him five smooth stones out of the brook” (1 Samuel 17:40).

“Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied” (1 Samuel 17:45). He said “that all this assembly may know that Jehovah saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is Jehovah’s, and he will give you into our hand” (1 Samuel 17:47).

“And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead” (1 Samuel 17:49). David ran, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, and cut off his head with it; “and when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled” (1 Samuel 17:51).

Jonathan's covenant and Saul's jealousy (1 Samuel 18:1–16; 1 Samuel 20:12–17; 1 Samuel 20:41–42)

The soul of Jonathan is knit with David's and they make a covenant; the women sing of Saul's thousands and David's ten thousands, and Saul eyes David and casts his spear at him.

Hunted by Saul: Michal's window, Nob, Adullam (1 Samuel 19:11–12; 1 Samuel 21:1–9; 1 Samuel 22:1–2; 1 Samuel 22:17–23)

Michal lets David down through a window; at Nob Ahimelech gives him holy bread while Doeg the Edomite is there; about four hundred men gather to him at the cave of Adullam; and when Saul has the priests slain, David tells Abiathar he has occasioned their death.

Spares Saul at En-gedi and Hachilah (1 Samuel 24:1–22; 1 Samuel 26:1–25)

In a cave at En-gedi David cuts off the skirt of Saul's robe but will not put forth his hand against the LORD's anointed; later, in the wilderness of Ziph, he takes Saul's spear and cruse of water from his head and leaves him sleeping.

Spares Saul at En-gedi and Hachilah

Saul took three thousand chosen men to seek David, and went into a cave “to cover his feet. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave” (1 Samuel 24:3). David's men said, “Behold, the day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thy hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee.” (1 Samuel 24:4) David cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily, and afterward “David’s heart smote him” (1 Samuel 24:5).

“Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing unto my lord, Jehovah’s anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is Jehovah’s anointed. So David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul” (1 Samuel 24:6-7). Going out after Saul, David showed him the skirt: “know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou huntest after my life to take it” (1 Samuel 24:11). Saul wept and said, “Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil” (1 Samuel 24:17).

Later the Ziphites told Saul that David was hiding “in the hill of Hachilah” (1 Samuel 26:1), and Saul went down “to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph” (1 Samuel 26:2) with three thousand chosen men (1 Samuel 26:1-2). David and Abishai came by night to where Saul lay sleeping “with his spear stuck in the ground at his head” (1 Samuel 26:7). Abishai asked leave to smite him, but David said, “Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Jehovah’s anointed, and be guiltless?” (1 Samuel 26:9) He took the spear and the cruse of water, and they went away (1 Samuel 26:9-12).

From the top of the mountain David called to Abner and to Saul. Saul said, “I have sinned: return, my son David … behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly” (1 Samuel 26:21). David answered, “Jehovah delivered thee into my hand to-day, and I would not put forth my hand against Jehovah’s anointed” (1 Samuel 26:23). “So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place” (1 Samuel 26:25).

Abigail and Nabal (1 Samuel 25:2–42)

Nabal of Carmel rails at David's young men, and David girds on his sword to leave him not one man-child; Abigail meets him with a present, he blesses God that she has kept him from bloodguiltiness, and after the LORD smites Nabal she becomes David's wife.

Ziklag (1 Samuel 27:1–7; 1 Samuel 30:1–25)

Fearing to perish by the hand of Saul, David goes over to Achish of Gath, who gives him Ziklag; when the Amalekites burn it and the people speak of stoning him, David strengthens himself in the LORD, inquires of him, recovers all, and makes those who tarried by the baggage share alike.

Made king at Hebron, takes Zion (2 Samuel 1:11–12; 2 Samuel 1:17–27; 2 Samuel 2:1–4; 2 Samuel 5:1–12)

David laments Saul and Jonathan, inquires of the LORD and goes up to Hebron where Judah anoints him, and later the elders of Israel anoint him king over Israel; he takes the stronghold of Zion, the city of David.

The ark brought into the city of David (2 Samuel 6:1–22)

David sets out to bring up the ark; Uzzah dies when he takes hold of it and David leaves it at Obed-edom's house, then brings it into the city with dancing and offerings, and answers Michal's scorn.

The promise of a house and a throne (2 Samuel 7:1–29; 2 Samuel 23:1–5)

David tells Nathan that he dwells in a house of cedar while the ark dwells within curtains; the word of the LORD comes by Nathan that the LORD will make David a house, and David sits before the LORD and prays.

The promise of a house and a throne

When the king dwelt in his house and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies, he said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.” (2 Samuel 7:2) Nathan said, “Go, do all that is in thy heart; for Jehovah is with thee” (2 Samuel 7:3).

“And it came to pass the same night, that the word of Jehovah came unto Nathan” (2 Samuel 7:4): “Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?” (2 Samuel 7:5) And the LORD said, “I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel; and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest” (2 Samuel 7:8-9).

“Jehovah telleth thee that Jehovah will make thee a house. When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men” (2 Samuel 7:11-14); and, “thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever” (2 Samuel 7:16).

“Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?” (2 Samuel 7:18) He prayed, “let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee” (2 Samuel 7:29). In his last words David says, “Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure” (2 Samuel 23:5).

Bath-sheba, Uriah, and Nathan's rebuke (2 Samuel 11:1–27; 2 Samuel 12:1–25; Psalms 51:1)

David tarries at Jerusalem while Joab besieges Rabbah, takes Bath-sheba the wife of Uriah, and writes that Uriah be set where he will die; the LORD sends Nathan, David confesses, and the child dies.

Bath-sheba, Uriah, and Nathan's rebuke

When Joab and all Israel besieged Rabbah, “David tarried at Jerusalem” (2 Samuel 11:1). From the roof of the king's house he saw a woman bathing, and was told she was “Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite” (2 Samuel 11:3). “And David sent messengers, and took her” (2 Samuel 11:4). When she was with child and Uriah would not go down to his house, David wrote to Joab, “Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die” (2 Samuel 11:15). When the mourning was past she became David's wife: “But the thing that David had done displeased Jehovah” (2 Samuel 11:27).

“And Jehovah sent Nathan unto David.” (2 Samuel 12:1) Nathan told of a rich man who “took the poor man’s lamb” (2 Samuel 12:4), and “David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man” (2 Samuel 12:5). “And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man” (2 Samuel 12:7), and gave the word of the LORD: “Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife” (2 Samuel 12:9); “the sword shall never depart from thy house” (2 Samuel 12:10).

“And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said unto David, Jehovah also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die” (2 Samuel 12:13-14). The title of Psalm 51 reads, “A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba” (Psalms 51:1).

David besought God for the child and fasted; on the seventh day the child died. David “arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel; and he came into the house of Jehovah, and worshipped” (2 Samuel 12:20). He said, “I shall go to him, but he will not return to me” (2 Samuel 12:23). Bath-sheba bare another son, “and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him” (2 Samuel 12:24).

Absalom's revolt (2 Samuel 15:1–31; 2 Samuel 18:1–33; 2 Samuel 19:1–8)

Absalom steals the hearts of Israel and is proclaimed king in Hebron; David flees Jerusalem weeping and sends the ark back, charges his captains to deal gently with Absalom, and weeps over the gate when Joab thrusts him through.

Absalom's revolt

Absalom stood beside the way of the gate and spoke to every man who came to the king for judgment: “so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel” (2 Samuel 15:6). He went to Hebron, and his spies told the tribes to say, “Absalom is king in Hebron” (2 Samuel 15:10). David said to his servants, “Arise, and let us flee” (2 Samuel 15:14). He sent the ark back with Zadok: “if I shall find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again … but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him” (2 Samuel 15:25-26). “And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, and wept as he went up” (2 Samuel 15:30).

When David sent out his people in three parts under Joab, Abishai, and Ittai the Gittite, “the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom” (2 Samuel 18:5). Absalom's head caught in the boughs of a great oak, “and he was taken up between heaven and earth” (2 Samuel 18:9). “Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak” (2 Samuel 18:14).

David asked the runners, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” (2 Samuel 18:29) The Cushite answered, “The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.” (2 Samuel 18:32) “And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!” (2 Samuel 18:33).

“And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people” (2 Samuel 19:2). Joab came in and said, “Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants” (2 Samuel 19:5), and “Then the king arose, and sat in the gate” (2 Samuel 19:8).

Numbers the people (2 Samuel 24:1–25)

The king's word prevails against Joab and the people are numbered; David's heart smites him, he chooses to fall into the hand of the LORD, seventy thousand die of the pestilence, and he buys Araunah's threshing-floor and builds an altar.

David's charge and death (1 Kings 1:28–40; 1 Kings 2:1–12)

David swears to Bath-sheba that Solomon shall reign and has him anointed at Gihon; he charges Solomon to keep the law of Moses and then sleeps with his fathers and is buried in the city of David.

David's charge and death

King David called for Bath-sheba and swore, “verily as I sware unto thee by Jehovah, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; verily so will I do this day” (1 Kings 1:30). He told Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah to cause Solomon to ride upon his mule to Gihon: “and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel” (1 Kings 1:34). “Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Long live king Solomon” (1 Kings 1:39).

“Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, I am going the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man; and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses” (1 Kings 2:1-3). He recalled the word of the LORD: “If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel” (1 Kings 2:4).

He also spoke of Joab the son of Zeruiah, saying, “let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace” (1 Kings 2:6), and asked that kindness be shown to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite. Of Shimei the son of Gera, who had cursed him and to whom he had sworn, “I will not put thee to death with the sword” (1 Kings 2:8), David said, “hold him not guiltless” (1 Kings 2:9).

“And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly” (1 Kings 2:10-12).

The LORD (1 Samuel 16:1–13; 2 Samuel 7:1–16; 2 Samuel 12:13)

The LORD had provided himself a king among Jesse's sons, was with David, and promised to make him a house.

Samuel (1 Samuel 16:1–13; 1 Samuel 19:18)

Samuel anointed him in the midst of his brethren, and David fled to him at Ramah.

Saul (1 Samuel 16:21–23; 1 Samuel 18:8–11; 1 Samuel 24:1–22; 1 Samuel 26:7–12)

David stood before him and played the harp, then fled his spear, and twice spared the king who hunted him.

Jonathan (1 Samuel 18:1–4; 1 Samuel 20:41–42; 2 Samuel 1:26)

His soul was knit with David's, they made a covenant, and David lamented him as his brother.

Michal (1 Samuel 18:20; 1 Samuel 19:11–12; 2 Samuel 6:16–22)

Saul's daughter loved David, let him down through a window, and later despised him in her heart as he danced before the ark.

Abigail (1 Samuel 25:3; 1 Samuel 25:23–35; 1 Samuel 25:39–42)

Nabal's wife, of good understanding, who kept David from bloodguiltiness and afterward became his wife.

Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 9:1–13)

Jonathan's son, lame of his feet, to whom David showed kindness for Jonathan's sake and who ate continually at the king's table.

Bath-sheba (2 Samuel 11:2–27; 2 Samuel 12:24; 1 Kings 1:28–31)

The wife of Uriah the Hittite whom David took; she became his wife and bare Solomon.

Nathan the prophet (2 Samuel 7:1–17; 2 Samuel 12:1–25; 1 Kings 1:32–34)

Brought the word of the LORD about the house, rebuked David with the parable of the ewe lamb, and with Zadok anointed Solomon.

Absalom (2 Samuel 15:1–14; 2 Samuel 18:5–14; 2 Samuel 18:33)

David's son who stole the hearts of the men of Israel, from whom David fled Jerusalem, and whose death David mourned.

Joab (2 Samuel 3:39; 2 Samuel 11:14–17; 2 Samuel 18:14; 2 Samuel 19:5–7; 1 Kings 2:5–6)

Captain of the host, one of the sons of Zeruiah David called too hard for him; he set Uriah where he would die, thrust Absalom through, and was named in David's charge to Solomon.

Solomon (2 Samuel 12:24–25; 1 Kings 1:28–40; 1 Kings 2:1–4)

Born to David and Bath-sheba, loved by the LORD, anointed at Gihon, and charged to keep the law of Moses.

Ruth (Ruth 4:17; Ruth 4:21–22)

Ruth's son Obed is called the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Jesus (Matthew 1:1; Matthew 22:41–45; Luke 1:32; Romans 1:3; Revelation 22:16)

Called the son of David and born of his seed according to the flesh; the throne of his father David is promised to him.

Major sections

• 1 Samuel 16–31
• 2 Samuel 1–24
• 1 Kings 1:1–2:12
• 1 Chronicles 11–29
• Psalms 18
• Psalms 51

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