So here it is at last: from shepherd boy, to royal favourite, to outlaw and mercenary, to king. It’s been an eventful journey for David, but finally he has his chance to savour his destiny.
Mephibosheth’s lameness
2 Samuel 4:4
David hears of Saul’s death
2 Samuel 1:1-16
David’s lamentation
2 Samuel 1:17-27
Saul’s descendants
2 Samuel 1 Chronicles 8:29-40, 9:36-44
David becomes king
2 Samuel 5:4, 1 Kings 2:11, 1 Chronicles 29:27
Reign of David 1025-985BC
David anointed king of Judah
2 Samuel 2:1-7
Ish-Bosheth made king of Israel
2 Samuel 2:8-11
Civil war in Israel
2 Samuel 2:12-32, 2 Samuel 3:1
Children born in Hebron
2 Samuel 3:2-5, 1 Chronicles 3:1-4
Yet another version of the death of Saul! Today, we are told that an Amalekite killed Saul, only to be executed by David for daring to lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed. This sounds like an “official” story to me - preserving Saul’s honour, and the only witness is conveniently dead.
David sings a song of lament for Saul and Jonathan - he could certainly tell a story to pull on the heartstrings!
Saul’s old commander, Abner, makes one of Saul’s surviving sons king in the north, while David is proclaimed king in the south, and a time of civil war follows: north against south, tribe against tribe, for Saul was a Benjamite, David from the tribe of Judah.
David seems to have sprouted a few more wives, and we hear about some of his children born in Hebron.
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