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2 Samuel · read by E.A. Johnston
44 verses, in order. Only the verses E.A. read aloud are shown.
2 Samuel 2
1
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?" "To Hebron," replied the LORD.Read from KJV · David and Bathsheba
2 Samuel 3
38
Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?Read from KJV · Sam Jones Boo
2 Samuel 5
10
And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.Read from NKJV · David and Bathsheba
19
So David inquired of the LORD, "Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?" "Go," replied the LORD, "for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand."Read from NKJV · David and Bathsheba
24
As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines."Read from KJV · Presence of God in Revival
2 Samuel 6
1
David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.Read from KJV · Missed Blessings
2
And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name— the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.Read from KJV · Missed Blessings
3
They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,Read from KJV · Missed Blessings
4
bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.Read from KJV · Missed Blessings
5
David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.Read from KJV · Missed Blessings
6
When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.Read from KJV · Missed Blessings
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And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.Read from KJV · Missed Blessings
8
Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.Read from KJV · Missed Blessings
9
That day David feared the LORD and asked, "How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?"Read from KJV · Missed Blessings
10
So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.Read from KJV · Missed Blessings
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Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.Read from KJV · Missed Blessings
2 Samuel 7
1
After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,Read from KJV · Aggravated Sins
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Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?Read from KJV · Aggravated Sins
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 · The Slippery Slope of Sin
2
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 · 3 Words Haunt in Hell Sin is Costly
3
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 · David and Bathsheba
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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 · David and Bathsheba
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And the woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant."Read from KJV · Manna in the Morning Desperate for God
2 Samuel 12
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Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, "There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.Read from KJV · God's Heartbreak Sin
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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 · How God Deals with Sin
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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 · God's Heartbreak Sin
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David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: "As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!Read from KJV · How God Deals with Sin
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Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over."Read from ESV · God's Heartbreak Sin
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Then Nathan said to David, "You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.Read from KJV · The Darkness of Sin
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I gave your master's house to you and your master's wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.Read from KJV · The Darkness of Sin
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Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.Read from KJV · God's Heartbreak Sin
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Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'Read from KJV · How God Deals with Sin
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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 KJV · God's Heartbreak Sin
12
You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.'"Read from KJV · The Darkness of Sin
2 Samuel 15
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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 KJV · Empty of Self Faith Series
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 · Sin is Costly
2 Samuel 21
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During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, "It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites."Read from KJV · How God Sees Sin
2 Samuel 22
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Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.Read from KJV · He Bowed the Heavens and Came Down
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He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.Read from KJV · He Bowed the Heavens and Came Down
2 Samuel 23
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So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,Read from KJV · Desperate Prayer in Desperate Times
2 Samuel 24
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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 · God and Sin
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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 · God and Sin
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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 · God and Sin