Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Samuel+003   CHAPTER 3 (ESV)   12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring over all Israel to you.” 13 And he said, “Good; I will make […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Samuel+002   CHAPTER 2 (ESV)   1 After this David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” David said, “To which shall I go up?” And he said, “To Hebron.” 2 So David went up […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Samuel+001   2 Samuel   Introduction   The books commonly known as 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings are really one long book. (They were separated due to the length of ancient scrolls.) Beginning with Samuel, the last of the judges, this book describes what happened in the […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+031 CHAPTER 31 (ESV)   6 Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together. 7 And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and those beyond the Jordan saw that the men of […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+030 CHAPTER 30 (ESV)   21 Then David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow David, and who had been left at the brook Besor. And they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came […]