David Deals with His Own Sin
April 30 - Nº 120 2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21:1 – 22:1 Even in his old age, David continued to be susceptible to Satan’s temptations...
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David Deals with Saul’s Sin
April 29 - Nº 119 2 Samuel 21 David’s last years in the palace were far from easy. A terrible famine devastated the land for three years....
David Becomes the King – Again
April 28 - Nº 118 2 Samuel 19:9 – 20:22; 1 Chronicles 2:16-17 After Absalom was defeated, the people from the northern tribes of Israel...
Absalom Is Defeated
April 27 - Nº 117 2 Samuel 17:24 – 19:8 As an undercover agent in Absalom’s camp, Hushai was able to gather intelligence and secretly...
Absalom Tries to Steal the Crown
April 26 - Nº 116 2 Samuel 14:25-26; 2 Samuel 15 – 17:23 Absalom was the most handsome man in all of Israel. He was especially proud of...
Absalom Returns to Jerusalem
April 25 - Nº 115 2 Samuel 14 David missed Absalom very much, but for three years he never tried to contact him. Joab, David’s commander,...
The Sins of David’s Sons
April 24 - Nº 114 2 Samuel 13 David begged God to forgive him for his sin with Bathsheba, and God did. But Nathan warned David that his...
Nathan Confronts David
April 23 - Nº 113 2 Samuel 12; Psalm 51 Not long after David and Bathsheba’s baby was born, Nathan the prophet showed up at the palace. ...
David and Bathsheba
April 22 - Nº 112 2 Samuel 11 Winter ended and spring came. It was time for the Israelites to resume their efforts to reclaim the...
The Ammonites Blow It
April 21 - Nº 111 2 Samuel 10; 1 Chronicles 19 – 20 As Israel’s king, David defeated many nations. However, one nation he never attacked...
David Shows Kindness
April 20 - Nº 110 2 Samuel 7 – 9; 4:4; 1 Chronicles 17 – 18 For a while there was peace in Israel. During this time, David built a palace...
Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem
April 19 - Nº 109 2 Samuel 6; 1 Chronicles 13, 15-16 David had moved the political capital of Israel to the City of David (later called...
David’s Mighty Men
April 18 - Nº 108 2 Samuel 23:8-23; 1 Chronicles 11:10-25 Over the years, David assembled an entourage of 30 brave men who formed the...
David Is Finally Crowned
April 17 - Nº 107 2 Samuel 3:31 – 5:10; 1 Chronicles 11:1-9 David mourned greatly when he heard that Abner had died, so much that...
A Bloody Path to the Throne
April 16 - Nº 106 2 Samuel 2 – 3; 1 Chronicles 12 Men came from all over Israel to join David in Ziklag. Soon he had a great army. After...
Saul and His Sons Are Killed in Battle
April 15 - Nº 105 1 Samuel 31; 2 Samuel 1; 1 Chronicles 10 Despite the warning from the medium in Endor, the next morning Saul and three...
Saul and the Medium from Endor
April 14 - Nº 104 1 Samuel 28:3-25 Samuel died, and all of Israel mourned for him. Meanwhile Saul gathered his troops to fight the...
Sharing the Plunder
April 13 - Nº 103 1 Samuel 28:1-2; 1 Samuel 29 – 30 As the Philistines began to invade Israel, King Achish asked David to march into...
David Becomes Discouraged
April 12 - Nº 102 1 Samuel 26 – 27 Saul had promised David that he would stop trying to kill him. But, when someone told the king where...
Abigail Saves the Day
April 11 - Nº 101 1 Samuel 25 David and his men changed locations again. For a while they settled in an area where an extremely wealthy...
Saul Pursues David
April 10 - Nº 100 1 Samuel 23 – 24 Saul kept chasing David, but God would not allow Saul to capture him. After all, God had chosen David...
On the Run
April 9 - Nº 99 1 Samuel 21 – 22 Although he was still very young, David’s life was already very full: He had been raised in a large...
Three Arrows
April 8 - Nº 98 1 Samuel 20 David knew that Saul was still plotting to kill him. “What have I done wrong?” he asked Jonathan. “Why is he...
Saul Gives Orders to Kill David
April 7 - Nº 97 1 Samuel 19 Saul wanted David to die! He commanded his son, Jonathan, as well as all his servants, to find David and kill...
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