2 SAMUEL
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Updated 12/2023
CHAPTER 1
- An Amalekite brought news of
Saul’s death.
- The Amalekite claimed to
have killed Saul upon his request. David executed him for raising a hand
against the Lord's anointed.
CHAPTER 2
- Ish-Bosheth, Saul's son was made
king over Israel by Abner, the commander of Saul's army.
- Judah was the only tribe to
follow David.
- David reigned seven and a
half years in Hebron.
- Twelve men on each side died
in the contest between Abner and Joab’s men.
- Asahel, Joab's brother was
killed by Abner.
- David lost twenty men and
Abner lost three hundred sixty men in the battle between Judah and Israel.
CHAPTER 3
- David had six sons by six
wives at this time.
- Abner, after all his loyalty
to Saul's house, was accused by Ish-Bosheth of taking for himself Saul's
former concubine.
- Abner resolved to make sure
Israel would be under David's leadership.
- David requested that Michal,
his first wife, be brought to him as a condition to the covenant with
Abner.
- Joab accused Abner of
deceiving David so he could overcome David.
- Joab killed Abner in revenge
for the death of his brother Asahel.
- David pronounced sickness,
disease, death, and poverty upon Joab’s household and his descendants.
However, he did pronounce also to let the Lord repay the evildoer (Joab)
according to his wickedness.
CHAPTER 4
- When Mephibosheth
(Jonathan's son) was five years old his nurse, after hearing of Saul’s
death, fled with him in her arms but fell making him lame.
- Two men, Rechab and Baanah who
were captains of Saul's troops, killed Ish-bosheth.
- David had Rechab and Baanah
killed because they had killed an innocent person.
CHAPTER 5
- David was thirty years old
when he became a king.
- David reigned a total of
forty years.
- Eleven more children were
born to David in Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 6
- a. Ussah was killed for
touching the ark. b. Uzzah was not sanctified or ceremonially cleaned.
(see 1 Chronicles 15:12-14).
- a. The Ark of the Covenant
was left at the house of Obed-Edom. b. While the Arkwas there, the house
of Obed-Edom was blessed by the Lord.
- David sought to humble
himself before God.
CHAPTER 7
- a. David wanted to build a
house of cedar for God to live in. b. The house for God would be built not
by David but by a son of David.
CHAPTER 8
- Approximately one-third of
the men of Moab were kept alive.
- David dedicated to the all
the silver and gold that he got of the nations he defeated
- The nation of Edom (the
descendants of Esau) became the servants of David fulfilling the word
spoken to Rebekah (Gen. 25:23).
CHAPTER 9
- David wanted to show
kindness to anyone still living of the house of Saul for the sake of his
friend, Jonathan.
- David gave the land of
Mephibosheth's grandfather (Saul) to Mephibosheth with servants to work it
and had Mephibosheth eat at his table every night.
CHAPTER 10
- David wanted to show
kindness to him as Hanun's father had done for Him.
- a. The princes of Ammon
(wrongly) perceived that David's servants were spies. b. Hanin cut off
half the servants of David's beards and cut out the middle of the backs of
their garments.
- David attacked and defeated
the Syrian army severely, killing forty thousand horsemen and seven
hundred charioteers.
CHAPTER 11
- David sent Joab in the
spring of the year to attack Ammon,
- David committed adultery
with Bathsheba.
- David first tried to get
Uriah to go home and hopefully lay with his wife. Therefore, Uriah would
think the child was his.
- David had Joab put Uriah in
the front line of the fiercest battle and retreat from him. He hoped that
Uriah would be struck down by the enemy.
CHAPTER 12
- God said the sword would
not depart from David's house, his wives will be taken from him, and the
child with Bathsheba would die.
- While the child was still
alive, David hoped God would have mercy on him and spare the child's life.
- Solomon was born next for
David and Bathsheba.
CHAPTER 13
- Amnon raped Tamar.
- Absalom had Amnon killed.
- Absalom fled to Geshur for
three years.
CHAPTER 14
- Joab plotted to have Absalom
return.
- It was two years before Absalom
saw David.
CHAPTER 15
- Absalom conspired against
David to be the judge for all the people’s cases. He did so by treating
them kindly as a man of the people.
- Ittai the Gittite from Gath
remained with David
- Zadok the priest and
Abiathar became informants for David.
- Hushai would counter advise
Ahithophel for David.
CHAPTER 16
- Mephibosheth stayed in
Jerusalem for perhaps the kingdom would be returned to him.
- a. Shimei, a servant of
Saul cursed David and threw rocks at him. b. David felt Shimei was sent
from God and perhaps God will have mercy on his suffering.
- Ahithophel advised Absalom
to go into his father's concubines so all Israel will hear that he is
abhorred by his father David. This will strengthen the men with Absalom.
CHAPTER 17
- Ahithophel avice to Absalom was to attack
David now and kill only Him.
- Hushai counter advised
Absalom to wait until he had all Israel behind him and then attack David.
- A young lad saw Jonathan
and Ahimaaz going to inform David.
- Ahithophel went to his home
and put things in order and then hanged himself.
CHAPTER 18
- David wanted Absalom to
brought back safe.
- David’s men killed twenty
thousand Israelites in the battle
- Absalom’s head got caught in
a terebinth tree and Joab killed him while he was hanging from the tree.
- David wept and wished that
he had died in Absalom's place.
CHAPTER 19
- David had turned their
victory over the rebellion into mourning for his son, Absalom.
- Amasa was made commander of
the army in place of Joab.
- Shimei, the one who had
cursed David and threw rocks at him when he had to flee Jerusalem, met
David at the river begging for forgiveness.
- Mephibosheth said Ziba, his
servant, had deceived and slandered him leaving him behind.
- The men of Israel felt the
men of Judah were trying to isolate David for themselves.
CHAPTER 20
- Sheba, a Benjamite, and all the men of Israel rebelled
against David and Judah.
- Amasa was to gather all the
men of Judah together in three days to go after Sheba.
- Amasa shows up for the battle
against Sheba but Joab kills him with a sword.
- a. Sheba fled to the city of
Abel. b. The people of Abel were known for making peace and giving wise
counsel. c. Upon the advice of a wise woman in the city, the people found
Sheba, cut off his head, and gave it to Joab.
CHAPTER 21
- There was a famine on the
land; sent by God; for the blood of the Gibeonites shed by Saul had not
been paid for.
- The Gibeonites wanted seven
descendants of the household of Saul to be given to them for hanging.
- David had the bones of Saul
and Jonathan dug up and buried with the seven descendants of Saul who were
hanged by the Gibeonites.
- Four more giants were
killed by David and his men.
CHAPTER 22
- God was David’s strength
and who led him.
- God delivered David from
the shadow of death.
- God was with David because
he was righteous and followed God.
- God gave David strength
during the battles.
CHAPTER 23
- David was to rule over his
people justly and in the fear of God.
- a. Adino, Eleazar, and
Shammah were the three mightiest men who fought the Philistines b. Adino
killed 800 men at one time. Eleazar fought the Philistines until he was
weary and his hand stuck to the sword, securing a great victory. Shammah
defended a field by himself against the Philistines.
- Abishai fought three hundred
men and was captain of the three greatest men.
- Benaiah killed the Egyptian
and was like the three greatest men.
- Thirty-seven men made a
name for themselves.
CHAPTER 24
- David numbered his men who were
warriors.
- David knew God could be merciful and man
may not be merciful.