2 Samuel

Old Testament · 24 chapters

David’s reign — its heights, its great failure, and its consequences.

About 2 Samuel

Second Samuel is the story of David as king: Jerusalem taken, the ark brought up, and a covenant promising his house an enduring throne. It does not flinch from the second half, where David’s sin with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah set off a long chain of family and national grief. The book holds together genuine devotion and serious failure in the same man.

  • Covenant with David
  • Repentance
  • Consequences
  • Worship

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All 24 chapters of 2 Samuel

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