Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and

Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I...

After the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, a spirit of distress from...

Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they...

Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of...

Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and...

After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself. And from that day Saul kept

Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to...

Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But...

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have...

Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you...

Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a...

Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David,...

Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I...

So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and...

Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul...

Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah...

When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered...

After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in...

When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your...

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy...

Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine,...

On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld...

Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the...

David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by...

Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against...

Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go...

Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel...

On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had...

After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and...

Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan, and he ordered...

Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “

One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. So Joab son of Zeruiah, along with the servants of Dav

During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul. Meanwhile, Saul had a conc

Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost...

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are,...

Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the b

When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they...

David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all. And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of G

Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom...

As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal...

After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in

Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took...

Then David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can...

Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun. And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his fa

In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and...

The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. In the...

Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were...

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken...

Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal...

After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom. Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar,

Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom. So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend

Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him. He would get up early and stand beside the road leading t

But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him. And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “L

So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised. Now send

Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of hundreds and of thousands. He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s

Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.” But Joab replied, “You are not

Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.” And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on th

Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be...

During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and...

Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants...

And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from...

These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle...

These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite...

Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.” So the king said to

Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm. So his servants said to him, “Let us search f

Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that...

Then King David said, “Call in for me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and...

Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the...

As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon, “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man. And keep

Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied. Then he said, “I have s

Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building h

Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of Da

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solom

Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre. He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. H

Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick...

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly...

Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal...

King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of...

Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the...

Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom. Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the

Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the k

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king....

At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill, and Jeroboam said to his wife,...

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king...

In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah

In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah. Jehoram was thirty-two years

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs. But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister

In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah. Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jeru

In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son...

On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and...

On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and...

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came...

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. And he did evil in the sight o

Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Boz

These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and

These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was...

The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul. The sons of...

These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there. They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Ten