2 Samuel
24 chapters, 695 verses. The 10th of 66 books, in History.
How it begins
1Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
2It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
3And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
Chapters
- 1David mourns Saul and Jonathan
- 2Judah anoints David their king
- 3Abner defects, then is murdered
- 4Ish-bosheth assassinated by his servants
- 5David reigns over all Israel
- 6The ark brought to Jerusalem
- 7God's covenant with David
- 8David's military victories
- 9David's kindness to Mephibosheth
- 10War with Ammon and Syria
- 11David and Bath–sheba
- 12Nathan rebukes David's sin
- 13Amnon and Tamar's shame
- 14Joab reconciles Absalom to David
- 15Absalom's rebellion begins
- 16David flees and is cursed
- 17Hushai frustrates Ahithophel's counsel
- 18Absalom's defeat and death
- 19David's mourning and return
- 20Sheba's rebellion and death
- 21Atonement to the Gibeonites
- 22David's song of deliverance
- 23David's last words and mighty men
- 24The census and the plague
King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.