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2 Samuel · read by Don Wilkerson
38 verses, in order. Only the verses Don read aloud are shown.
2 Samuel 1
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O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.Read from KJV · Church in the the Cave
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How the mighty have fallen and the weapons of war have perished!"Read from KJV · Church in the the Cave
2 Samuel 7
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After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,Read from KJV · Joy Cometh in the Morning
2 Samuel 9
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Then David asked, "Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?"Read from KJV · Danger of Wanting Everyone to Love You
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And there was a servant of Saul's family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, "Are you Ziba?" "I am your servant," he replied.Read from ESV · Dealing with Rejection
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So the king asked, "Is there anyone left of Saul's family to whom I can show the kindness of God?" Ziba answered, "There is still Jonathan's son, who is lame in both feet."Read from KJV · Danger of Wanting Everyone to Love You
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And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, "Mephibosheth!" "I am your servant," he replied.Read from NASB1995 · Dealing with Rejection
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"Do not be afraid," said David, "for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table."Read from NASB1995 · Dealing with Rejection
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Mephibosheth bowed down and said, "What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?"Read from NASB1995 · Dealing with Rejection
2 Samuel 12
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This is what the LORD says: 'I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.Read from NASB1995 · My Glory and the Lifter of My Head
2 Samuel 15
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Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.Read from NASB1995 · How to Handle Pressure
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Absalom would say, "Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you."Read from NASB1995 · How to Handle Pressure
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And he would add, "If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice."Read from NASB1995 · How to Handle Pressure
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Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.Read from NASB1995 · Danger of Wanting Everyone to Love You
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Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.Read from NASB1995 · Danger of Wanting Everyone to Love You
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After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, "Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.Read from NASB1995 · How to Handle Pressure
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For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: 'If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.'"Read from NASB1995 · How to Handle Pressure
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"Go in peace," said the king. So Absalom got up and went to Hebron.Read from NKJV · How to Handle Pressure
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Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: "When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, 'Absalom reigns in Hebron!'"Read from NASB1995 · How to Handle Pressure
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Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and they went along innocently, for they knew nothing about the matter.Read from NASB1995 · How to Handle Pressure
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Then a messenger came to David and reported, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom."Read from NASB1995 · Streams from the Rock
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And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, "Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword."Read from NASB1995 · Streams from the Rock
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Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.Read from NASB1995 · Streams from the Rock
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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 heads and went up, weeping as they went.Read from NASB1995 · How to Be Your Own Counselor
2 Samuel 16
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When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.Read from KJV · Danger of Wanting Everyone to Love You
2 Samuel 18
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The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, "O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!"Read from KJV · Let Go and Let God
2 Samuel 19
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Then it was reported to Joab, "The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom."Read from KJV · Let Go and Let God
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And that day's victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, "The king is grieving over his son."Read from KJV · Let Go and Let God
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So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate." So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.Read from KJV · Let Go and Let God
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Then Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.Read from NASB1995 · Dealing with Rejection
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"My lord the king," he replied, "because I am lame, I said, 'I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.' But my servant Ziba deceived me,Read from NASB1995 · Dealing with Rejection
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and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.Read from NASB1995 · Dealing with Rejection
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For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?"Read from NASB1995 · Dealing with Rejection
2 Samuel 21
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And they answered the king, "As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,Read from NASB1995 · Keep Knocking
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let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD." "I will give them to you," said the king.Read from NASB1995 · Keep Knocking
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And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.Read from NASB1995 · Keep Knocking
2 Samuel 22
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He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.Read from ESV · It Doesn' Matter
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He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.Read from NASB1995 · It Doesn' Matter