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2 Samuel

24 chapters

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  1. 1Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the…
  2. 2Now after this, David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go up into…
  3. 3Now there was a long war between Saul's people and David's people; and…
  4. 4And when Saul's son Ish-bosheth had news that Abner was dead in Hebron…
  5. 5Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly…
  6. 6And David got together all the fighting-men of Israel to the number of…
  7. 7Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him…
  8. 8And it came about after this that David made an attack on the…
  9. 9And David said, Is there still anyone of Saul's family living, so that I…
  10. 10Now after this, death came to the king of the children of Ammon, and…
  11. 11Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab…
  12. 12And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said…
  13. 13Now after this, it came about that Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful…
  14. 14Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was…
  15. 15Now after this, Absalom got for himself a carriage and horses, and fifty…
  16. 16And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba…
  17. 17Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and…
  18. 18And David had the people who were with him numbered, and he put over…
  19. 19And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for…
  20. 20Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba…
  21. 21In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after…
  22. 22And David made a song to the Lord in these words, on the day when the…
  23. 23Now these are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says…
  24. 24Again the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and moving David…