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2 Samuel · read by Derek Melton
32 verses, in order. Only the verses Derek read aloud are shown.
2 Samuel 11
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In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, "This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite."Read from ESV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant."Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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At this, David sent orders to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent him to David.Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master's servants; he did not go down to his house.Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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Uriah answered, "The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!"Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master's servants, but he did not go home.Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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In the letter he wrote: "Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed."Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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So as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he saw the strongest enemy soldiers.Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David's servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
2 Samuel 12
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The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
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Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for his guest."Read from KJV · Does Doctrine Matter - Part 10
2 Samuel 24
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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."Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, "Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number."Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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But Joab replied to the king, "May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?"Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to count the troops of Israel.Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.Read from ESV · Costless Christianity
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And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly."Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David's seer:Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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"Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: 'I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.'"Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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So Gad went and said to David, "Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me."Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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David answered Gad, "I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men."Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, "Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father's house."Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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Araunah said to David, "My lord the king may take whatever seems good and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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O king, Araunah gives all these to the king." He also said to the king, "May the LORD your God accept you."Read from KJV · Costless Christianity
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And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.Read from KJV · Costless Christianity