2 Samuel 4-6 - David Dances Before Yahweh

Ish-bosheth Murdered

2Sa 4:12 LSB - [12] Then David commanded the young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hung them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.

David Anointed King over All Israel

2Sa 5:1 LSB - [1] Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

2Sa 5:3 LSB - [3] So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David cut a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; then they anointed David king over Israel.

David Defeats the Philistines

2Sa 5:19 LSB - [19] Then David asked of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You give them into my hand?" And Yahweh said to David, "Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand."

2Sa 5:23 LSB - [23] So David asked of Yahweh, and He said, "You shall not go [directly] up; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees.

The Ark Is Brought to Jerusalem

2Sa 6:6-7 LSB - [6] Then they came to the threshing floor of Nacon. And Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, because the oxen nearly upset [it]. [7] And the anger of Yahweh burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God.

Num 4:15 LSB - [15] "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy [objects] and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry [them], so that they will not touch the holy [objects] and die. These are the things in the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.

 

David Dances Before Yahweh

2Sa 6:16 LSB - [16] Then it happened [as] the ark of Yahweh came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.

“No doubt, there are particularly nice and dainty people who will censure God’s chosen if they live wholly to his praise, and they will call them eccentric, old-fashioned, obstinate, absurd, and I don’t know what besides. From the window of their superiority they look down upon us.” (Spurgeon)

2Sa 6:21-22 LSB - [21] So David said to Michal, "[It was] before Yahweh, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Yahweh, over Israel; therefore I will celebrate before Yahweh. [22] "And I will be esteemed even more lightly than this and will be humble in my own eyes, but with the maids of whom you have spoken, with them I will be glorified."

“David would more and more abase himself before the Lord. He felt that whatever Michal’s opinion of him might be, it could not be more humbling than his own view of himself. Brother, if any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him; for you are worse than he thinks you to be.” (Spurgeon)

2 Samuel 1-3 - David Anointed King of Judah

Saul and Jonathan Are Dead

2Sa 1:14 LSB - [14] Then David said to him, "How is it you were not afraid to send forth your hand to destroy the anointed of Yahweh?"

David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan

2Sa 1:26 LSB - [26] "I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was more wonderful Than the love of women.

David Anointed King of Judah

2Sa 2:1 LSB - [1] Now it happened afterwards that David asked of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I go up to one of the cities of Judah?" And Yahweh said to him, "Go up." So David said, "Where shall I go up?" And He said, "To Hebron."

Ish-bosheth Made King over Israel

Abner Defeated Before David

Abner Joins David

Joab Strikes Abner

2Sa 3:30 LSB - [30] So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.

David’s Lament for Abner

2Sa 3:39 LSB - [39] "Thus I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too difficult for me. May Yahweh repay the evildoer according to his evil."

1 Samuel 28-31- David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

Saul and the Medium of En-dor

1Sa 28:5-6 LSB - [5] Saul saw the camp of the Philistines and was afraid and his heart trembled greatly. [6] So Saul asked of Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets.

1Sa 28:7 LSB - [7] So Saul said to his servants, "Seek for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her." And his servants said to him, "Behold, there is a woman who is a medium at En-dor."

1Ch 10:13-14 LSB - [13] Thus Saul died for his unfaithfulness, which he committed against Yahweh, because of the word of Yahweh which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry [of it], [14] and did not inquire of Yahweh. Therefore He put him to death and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

 

The Philistines Reject David

1Sa 29:11 LSB - [11] So David arose early, he and his men, to go in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

David’s Wives Are Captured

1Sa 30:6 LSB - [6] Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people said to stone him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

1Sa 30:8 LSB - [8] And David asked of Yahweh, saying, "Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?" And He said to him, "Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely deliver [all]."

David Defeats the Amalekites

1Sa 30:23 LSB - [23] Then David said, "You must not do so, my brothers, with what Yahweh has given us, who has kept us and given into our hand the band that came against us.

The Death of Saul and His Sons

1Sa 31:12-13 LSB - [12] so all the valiant men arose and walked all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there. [13] And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

1 Samuel 25-27 - David and Abigail

David and Abigail

1Sa 25:28-31 LSB -
[28] "Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for Yahweh will certainly make for my lord an enduring house because my lord is fighting the battles of Yahweh, and evil will not be found in you all your days.
[29] "And should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Yahweh your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling.
[30] "And it will be that when Yahweh does for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel,
[31] then this will not cause stumbling or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having saved himself. When Yahweh deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant."

1Sa 25:41 LSB - [41] And she arose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Behold, your maidservant is a servant-woman to wash the feet of my lord's servants."

David Takes Saul’s Spear

1Sa 26:9-11 LSB - [9] But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can send forth his hand against the anointed of Yahweh and be without guilt?" [10] David also said, "As Yahweh lives, surely Yahweh will smite him, or his day will come that he dies, or he will go down into battle and be swept away. [11] "Yahweh forbid that I should send forth my hand against the anointed of Yahweh; but now please take the spear that is at his head and the jug of water, and let us go."

1Sa 26:12 LSB - [12] So David took the spear and the jug of water from [beside] Saul's head, and they went away, but no one saw or knew [it], nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a sound sleep from Yahweh had fallen on them.

David Escapes to the Philistines

1Sa 27:6 LSB - [6] So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.

1 Samuel 22-24 - David Spares Saul’s Life

David at the Cave of Adullam

Saul Kills the Priests at Nob

David Saves Keilah

1Sa 23:6 LSB - [6] Now it happened when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, [that] he came down [with] an ephod in his hand.

1Sa 23:14 LSB - [14] And David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.

Saul Pursues David

1Sa 23:16 LSB - [16] So Jonathan, Saul's son, arose and went to David at Horesh and strengthened his hand in God.

1Sa 23:28 LSB - [28] So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape.

David Spares Saul’s Life

1Sa 24:6 LSB - [6] So he said to his men, "Far be it from me because of Yahweh that I should do this thing to my lord, the anointed of Yahweh, to send forth my hand against him, since he is the anointed of Yahweh."

The Death of Samuel

1 Samuel 19-21 - In God I trust

Saul Tries to Kill David

1Sa 19:6 LSB - [6] And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, "As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death."

1Sa 19:9-10 LSB - [9] Now there was an evil spirit from Yahweh on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing [the harp] with [his] hand. [10] And Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, so that he stuck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.

1Sa 19:23-24 LSB - [23] So he went there, to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah. [24] He also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

David and Jonathan’s Covenant

1Sa 20:14-15 ESV - [14] If I am still alive, show me the steadfast love of the LORD, that I may not die; [15] and do not cut off your steadfast love from my house forever, when the LORD cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth."

Saul Is Angry with Jonathan

1Sa 20:41 LSB - [41] When the young man was gone, David rose from the south side and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed each other and wept together, but David [wept] more.

David Takes Consecrated Bread

1Sa 21:6 LSB - [6] So the priest gave him consecrated [bread]; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence which was removed from before Yahweh, in order to put hot bread [in its place] when it was taken away.

Mat 12:3-4 LSB - [3] But He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions, [4] how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?

 

David Flees to Gath

Psa 56:1-13 LSB - 

[1] For the choir director. According to Jonath Elem Rehokim. A Mikhtam of David. When the Philistines seized him in Gath. 

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me; All day long, an attacker oppresses me. 

[2] My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For many attack me proudly. 

[3] When I am afraid, I will trust in You. 

[4] In God, whose word I praise, In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can [mere] man do to me? 

[5] All day long they distort my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil. 

[6] They attack, they lurk, They watch my heels, As they have hoped [to take] my life. 

[7] On account of [their] wickedness, will they have an escape? In anger, bring down the peoples, O God! 

[8] You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are [they] not in Your book? 

[9] Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call; This I know, that God is for me. 

[10] In God, [whose] word I praise, In Yahweh, [whose] word I praise, 

[11] In God I trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? 

[12] Your vows are [binding] upon me, O God; I will fulfill thank offerings to You. 

[13] For You have delivered my soul from death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of the living.

1 Samuel 16-18 - Yahweh Looks at the Heart

David Anointed King

1Sa 16:7 LSB - [7] But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God [sees] not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."

1Sa 16:13 LSB - [13] Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

David Becomes Saul’s Armor Bearer

1Sa 16:14 LSB - [14] Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh terrorized him.

1Sa 16:18 LSB - [18] Then one of the young men answered and said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a mighty man of valor, a warrior, one who is understanding in speech, and a man of fine form; and Yahweh is with him."

1Sa 16:21 LSB - [21] Then David came to Saul and stood before him; and Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer.

1Sa 16:23 LSB - [23] Thus it happened that whenever the [evil] spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play [it] with his hand; and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would depart from him.

Goliath Challenges Israel

1Sa 17:26 LSB - [26] Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, "What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should reproach the battle lines of the living God?"

David Puts Goliath to Death

1Sa 17:40 LSB - [40] Then he took his stick in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in [his] pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.

1Sa 17:45 LSB - [45] Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have reproached.

1Sa 17:46-47 LSB - [46] "This day Yahweh will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the camp of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, [47] and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh does not save by sword or by spear; for the battle is Yahweh's, and He will give you into our hands."

1Sa 17:48-49 LSB - [48] Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. [49] And David sent his hand down into his bag and took from it a stone and slung [it] and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.

Jonathan Cuts a Covenant with David

1Sa 18:3 LSB - [3] Then Jonathan cut a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul.

Saul Looks at David with Suspicion

1Sa 18:12-13 LSB - [12] And Saul was afraid of David, for Yahweh was with him but had turned away from Saul. [13] Therefore Saul turned him away from his presence and appointed him as his commander of one thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

Saul’s Daughter Given to David

1Sa 18:23 LSB - [23] So Saul's servants spoke these words in David's hearing. But David said, "Is it trivial in your eyes to become the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?"

1Sa 18:25 LSB - [25] Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, 'The king does not desire any dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's enemies.'" Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

1Sa 18:26 LSB - [26] Then his servants told David these words, and it was right in the eyes of David to become the king's son-in-law. So before the days had expired,