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When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness to all his people.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. — read the full passage →

Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you; for now Yahweh would have established your kingdom on Israel forever. — read the full passage →

Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me. — read the full passage →

Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering. — read the full passage →

But now your kingdom shall not continue. Yahweh has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you.”

God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. — read the full passage →

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? — read the full passage →

The fame of David went out into all lands; and Yahweh brought the fear of him on all nations.

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

These are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to Yahweh’s word. — read the full passage →

Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he comes here.”

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?” — read the full passage →

Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. — read the full passage →

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”

The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

David said, “Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go; and Yahweh shall be with you.”

Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God’s loving kindness endures continually. — read the full passage →

When he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. — read the full passage →

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? — read the full passage →

Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, “There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. — read the full passage →

David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.

As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy. — read the full passage →

Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines; — read the full passage →

When he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.

concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.”

Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck! — read the full passage →

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. — read the full passage →

Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, — read the full passage →

Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might. — read the full passage →

I love you, Yahweh, my strength. — read the full passage →

After they had departed, they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.” — read the full passage →

After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he couldn’t keep warm. — read the full passage →

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

six were born to him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. In Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years;

At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips. — read the full passage →

How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? — read the full passage →

At the return of the year, at the time when kings go out, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

When the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies all around, — read the full passage →

When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire, — read the full passage →

Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in Yahweh’s name, saying, ‘Yahweh shall be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever.’” He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.

Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.” — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:

David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken among men.

who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?” — read the full passage →

When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.”

The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “There is a son born to Naomi”; and they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. — read the full passage →

However Yahweh would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children always.

Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren’t captain of the army before me continually in the room of Joab.’”

David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. — read the full passage →

They shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, forever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever.

Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me. — read the full passage →

Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, — read the full passage →

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.

Yahweh, my heart isn’t haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me. — read the full passage →

Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy. — read the full passage →

Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth.

Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. — read the full passage →

Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he commanded Solomon his son, saying, — read the full passage →

Behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, “Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David’s men with him?” — read the full passage →

Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither groomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. — read the full passage →

Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;

That same night, Yahweh’s word came to Nathan, saying, — read the full passage →

Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: and David grew stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker. — read the full passage →

I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. Yahweh said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is he.”

You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen you; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.” — read the full passage →

You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.

the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, — read the full passage →

and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”

Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath. — read the full passage →