Bible Studies - King David
Reading
Introduction
1 Samuel 16:1-13. Samuel anoints David as King
1 Samuel 17:1-15. Goliath challenges Israel
1 Samuel 17:16-31. David arrives and weighs up the problem
1 Samuel 17:32-40. David prepares for the fight
1 Samuel 17:41-52. David defeats Goliath
Psalm 23. A song of thankfulness for God’s help in times of difficulty
1 Samuel 17:57-58 and 18:1-9. Saul becomes jealous of David
1 Samuel 21:1-9. David becomes a fugitive
1 Samuel 26:1-12. David spares Saul’s life
1 Samuel 26:13-25. David reveals Saul’s weakness
2 Samuel 1:17-27. David laments the deaths of Saul and Jonathan
2 Samuel 2:1-11. David becomes king over Judah
2 Samuel 5:1-12. David becomes king over all Israel
2 Samuel 5:17-25. David finally succeeds against the Philistines
2 Samuel 6:1-23. David establishes Jerusalem as the national centre of worship
2 Samuel 7:1-16. God’s revelation to the prophet Nathan
2 Samuel 7:17-29. David’s prayer in response to Nathan’s revelation
2 Samuel 11:1-27. David and Bathsheba
2 Samuel 12:1-13a. Nathan’s parable of the ewe lamb
Psalm 51. A psalm of penitence that David may have used after feeling chastised by Nathan’s parable
2 Samuel 12:13b-23. Bathsheba’s child dies
2 Samuel 15:1-12. Absalom conspires against his father, David
2 Samuel 15:13-37. David flees from Jerusalem
2 Samuel 17:1-16. Absalom decides to pursue David
2 Samuel 18:1-17. Absalom dies
2 Samuel 18:18-33. David mourns the death of his son, Absalom
1 Kings 2:1-12. The death of David, and an overview of his life
Reflections
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