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David Hears of Saul’s Death
After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
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“So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.”
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he sent messengers to them to say to them, “The Lord bless you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him.
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May the Lord now show you kindness and faithfulness, and I too will show you the same favor because you have done this.
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Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David did not know it.
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They had gone into the house while he was lying on the bed in his bedroom. After they stabbed and killed him, they cut off his head. Taking it with them, they traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
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After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
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After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord Almighty.
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God’s Promise to David
After the king was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
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And David became famous after he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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David and Mephibosheth
David asked, “Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”
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The king asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?” Ziba answered the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan; he is lame in both feet.”
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“Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
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David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father. When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites,
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After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped.
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Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
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After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the Lord.
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After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
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Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.
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Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will take the city, and it will be named after me.”
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He asked Amnon, “Why do you, the king’s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
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He called his personal servant and said, “Get this woman out of my sight and bolt the door after her.”
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So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was wearing an ornate robe, for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the king wore.
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After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
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You came only yesterday. And today shall I make you wander about with us, when I do not know where I am going? Go back, and take your people with you. May the Lord show you kindness and faithfulness.”
