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The Second Book of Samuel

CHAPTERS

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24

Introduction

OUTLINE

1	David kills the messenger (a kind Amalekite)
	The song of the bow (and the love of Jonathan)
2	David becomes king of Judah
	Ishbosheth becomes king of Israel
	The young men "play" before Abner and Joab
	Squabbles between Judah and Israel
3	David impregnates six women
	Abner revolts against Ishbosheth
	David steals Michal from her husband
	Joab kills Abner
4	Baanah and Rechab kill Ishbosheth
	Ishbosheth's head is brought to David
	David kills Rechab and Baanah, cuts off their hands and feet, and hangs their bodies
5	David becomes king of Israel
	He occupies Jerusalem, calling it "The City of David"
	He takes more wives and concubines
	God helps David smite the Philistines (twice)
6	God kills Uzzah for protecting the ark
	David dances nearly naked in front of God and everybody
	Michal is disgusted by David's performance
7	David, God, and Nathan talk about houses and stuff
8	God gave David victory wherever he went
9	David finds someone in Saul's family to be kind to (for Jonathan's sake)
10	David fights Ammon and Syria
11	David sends Joab to destroy the Ammonites
	He impregnates Bathsheba
	He has Uriah killed
	He marries Bathsheba and she has a son
12	Nathan's parable
	God kills a baby
	David comforts Bathsheba and Solomon is born
	David tortures the children of Ammon
13	Amnon rapes his half-sister Tamar
	Absalom kills Amnon for raping his sister
14	The woman of Tekoah
	Absalom comes home to Jerusalem
15	Absalom conspires against David
	David runs away (leaving his concubines to keep house)
16	Ziba and David meet again
	Shimei curses and throws stones at David
	Absalom has sex with his father's ten concubines (in front of all the people)
17	Ahithophel's plan
	Hushai's plan
	Hushai's plan is accepted (so God could bring evil on Absalom)
	David is warned
	Ahithophel hangs himself
18	David's men fight Absalom, killing 20,000 Israelites
	Absalom is killed
19	David crosses the Jordan River
20	Sheba blew a trumpet
	David punishes his concubines (for being publicly raped by his son Absalom)
	Joab murders Amasa (by smiting him under the fifth rib)
	Sheba is decapitated (and his head is thrown over the wall)
21	Seven of Saul's sons are hung up before the Lord (to end a famine)
	More wars and giant killing
22	David's song to God
23	David's (next to the) last words
	David's 36 (or 37) mighty men
24	God tells David to have a census
	God kills 70,000 men because of David's census