2 Samuel 24:1-17 English Standard Version (ESV) David’s Census 24 Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” 2 So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army,[a] who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the…

The Last Words of David 23 Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse,     the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob,     the sweet psalmist of Israel:[a] 2 “The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me;     his word is on my tongue. 3 The God of Israel has spoken;     the Rock…

2 Samuel 22:21-31 English Standard Version (ESV) 21 “The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness;     according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord     and have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 For all his rules were before me,     and from his statutes I did not turn aside. 24 I was blameless before him,     and I kept myself…

2 Samuel 16:15-23 English Standard Version (ESV) Absalom Enters Jerusalem 15 Now Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. 16 And when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!” 17 And Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your…

2 Samuel 16:1-14 English Standard Version (ESV) David and Ziba 16 When David had passed a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, bearing two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred bunches of raisins, a hundred of summer fruits, and a skin of wine. 2 And the king said to Ziba, “Why have you brought these?” Ziba answered, “The donkeys…

Note: Audio recording stopped midway through. 2 Samuel 12:1-15a Nathan Rebukes David 12 And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had very many flocks and herds, 3 but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he…

2 Samuel 8 David’s Victories 8 After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he defeated Moab and he measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. Two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites became servants…

2 Samuel 7:18-29 David’s Prayer of Gratitude 18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord God. You have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for…

2 Samuel 7:1-17 The Lord’s Covenant with David 7 Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, 2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.” 3 And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.” 4 But…

2 Samuel 6:16-23 David and Michal 16 As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart. 17 And they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And…