Then David said, “I’ll show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent his emissaries to console Hanun concerning his father. (2 Samuel 10:2) This chapter reveals another glimpse into the kindness of David. At one point (possibly when David was...

“Don’t be afraid,” David said to him [Mephibosheth], “since I intend to show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all your grandfather Saul’s fields, and you will always eat meals at my table.” (2 Samuel 9:7) In yesterday’s reading, we learned David...

The Lord made David victorious wherever he went. So David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness for all his people. (2 Samuel 8:14-15) David’s practice as king was to destroy the idolatrous nations who rebelled against his rule. He was victorious in conquering lands from north to south...

This is why you are great, Lord God. There is no one like you, and there is no God besides you, as all we have heard confirms. (2 Samuel 7:22) Out of David’s great love for the Lord flows the idea to build Him a permanent dwelling, which to us...

David was dancing with all his might before the Lord wearing a linen ephod. (2 Samuel 6:14) David again displays that he is a man after God’s own heart in his determination to bring back the Ark of God, which was put aside by Saul. While God had given specific...

David was thirty years old when he began his reign; he reigned forty years. (2 Samuel 5:4) God fulfills his promises to us, but it is always on His timetable. He never wastes moments or opportunities. Many years had passed since Samuel had anointed the young shepherd boy of Jesse’s...

They brought Ish-bosheth’s head to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here’s the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who intended to take your life. Today the Lord has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.” (2 Samuel 4:8b) Baanah and...

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the city gate, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died in revenge for the death of Asahel, Joab’s brother. (2 Samuel 3:27)  An unforeseen ally in...

Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.” David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, “The Lord bless you because you have shown this...

They mourned, wept, and fasted until the evening for those who died by the sword—for Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord's people, and the house of Israel. (2 Samuel 1:12) One might expect David to rejoice at the death of Saul, a king who was laser focused on his quest...