22 Apr 20172 Samuel 14–15 1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah recognized that the king’s mind was on Absalom. 2 So Joab sent a request to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He instructed her, “Act as if you are observing mourning rites. Put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning over the dead like this for many days. 3 Then come
21 Apr 20172 Samuel 12–13 1 The Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said, “There were two men in a certain city. One was wealthy, but the other was poor. 2 The wealthy man had a very large flock and herd, 3 but the poor man had nothing except a single small ewe lamb that he had acquired. He nourished it and raised it together with himself and his sons. From his crumbs,
20 Apr 20172 Samuel 9–11 1 David said, “Is there still anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I may show kindness on behalf of Jonathan?” 2 Now there was a servant from the house of Saul whose name was Ziba. So they summoned him to David. The king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” He replied, “I am your servant.” 3 The king said, “Is there no one else from the house of Saul
19 Apr 20172 Samuel 6–8 1 Again David gathered all of the chosen men in Israel, thirty thousand. 2 David and all of the people who were with him arose and went from Baalah of Judah to bring up the ark of God, so named for the name of the Lord of Hosts who sits enthroned among the cherubim that are upon it. 3 They loaded the ark of God on a new cart and brought it
18 Apr 20172 Samuel 3–5 1 The struggle between the house of Saul and the house of David endured, but David grew stronger as Saul became weaker. 2 Sons were born to David in Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3 and his second, Kileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal, the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maakah the daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur; 4 and the fourth, Adonijah
17 Apr 20172 Samuel 1–2 1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, David had remained two days in Ziklag. 2 On the third day, a man came from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt upon his head. As he approached David, he fell to the ground prostrate. 3 David asked him, “Where have you come from?” He responded, “I fled from the camp of
1 Samuel 30–31 1 Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had raided the south as far as Ziklag. They had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire. 2 They had taken as captives all the women who were there. They did not kill anyone, but carried them off and went on their way. 3 David and his men came to the city, and they found it