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2 Samuel 9
[Bible]2 Samuel 9 tells how David, remembering his friendship with Jonathan, seeks out Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, who remains of the house of Saul, restores to him all of Saul's land, and has him eat continually at the king's table.
2 Samuel 11
[Bible]Second Samuel 11 recounts how David, remaining in Jerusalem during the war with Ammon, lay with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah. When his attempt to conceal her pregnancy failed, he had Joab arrange Uriah's death in battle and then took Bathsheba as his wife.
2 Samuel 14
[Bible]2 Samuel 14 is the chapter in which Joab uses a wise woman of Tekoa to persuade David, and Absalom, who had fled to Geshur, returns to Jerusalem and is reconciled with the king after two years.
2 Samuel 16
[Bible]In 2 Samuel 16, David, fleeing from Absalom, receives provisions from Ziba and is cursed by Shimei, while Absalom enters Jerusalem and, on Ahithophel's advice, lies with his father's concubines.
2 Samuel 13
[Bible]2 Samuel 13 recounts how Amnon, David's firstborn son, violates his half-sister Tamar, and how Tamar's brother Absalom kills Amnon two years later and flees to Geshur.
2 Samuel 15
[Bible]2 Samuel 15 recounts how Absalom, having won the hearts of the people, launches a rebellion at Hebron, prompting David to flee Jerusalem. Along the way, Ittai, Zadok and Abiathar, and Hushai each aid David in different ways.
2 Samuel 18
[Bible]2 Samuel 18 recounts how David's army defeats Absalom's rebel forces in the wood of Ephraim, how Joab disobeys the king's order and kills Absalom, and how David, on hearing the news, weeps and cries out for his son.
2 Samuel 20
[Bible]2 Samuel 20 recounts the revolt of Sheba, a Benjamite, and its suppression. Joab kills Amasa and takes command of the army, and a wise woman of Abel of Beth-maacah saves her city. The chapter closes with a list of David's officials.
2 Samuel 17
[Bible]2 Samuel 17 is the chapter in which the counsel of Ahithophel and the counsel of Hushai are set against each other before Absalom. Hushai's counsel is adopted, David escapes across the Jordan, and Ahithophel takes his own life.
2 Samuel 19
[Bible]2 Samuel 19 recounts how David, after Absalom's death, composes himself in his grief and returns to Jerusalem. Along the way he meets Shimei, Mephibosheth, and Barzillai in turn, and the chapter closes with Judah and Israel quarreling over their part in bringing the king back.
2 Samuel 22
[Bible]2 Samuel 22 is the song of thanksgiving that David sang to God after he was delivered from the hand of Saul and of all his enemies. Its content is nearly identical to that of Psalm 18.
2 Samuel 24
[Bible]2 Samuel 24, the final chapter of 2 Samuel, recounts how David takes a census and then recognizes his sin. Of the three punishments announced by the prophet Gad, the pestilence falls on Israel. The plague ceases after David buys the threshing floor of Araunah and builds an altar there.
2 Samuel 23
[Bible]2 Samuel 23 contains the last words of David (vv. 1–7) and the names and exploits of David's mighty men (vv. 8–39). The final name on the list is Uriah the Hittite.
2 Samuel 21
[Bible]2 Samuel 21 records a three-year famine brought on by Saul's killing of the Gibeonites, the execution of seven of Saul's descendants, Rizpah's vigil over the bodies and the burial of Saul's family, and four battles against the Philistine giants.
2 Kings 4
[Bible]2 Kings 4 records five miracles performed by Elisha in succession: the widow's oil, the birth of the Shunammite woman's son and his restoration to life, the neutralizing of a poisoned stew, and the feeding of a hundred men with twenty loaves of barley.
2 Kings 2
[Bible]The chapter of 2 Kings in which Elijah is taken up to heaven by a whirlwind, and Elisha, inheriting his mantle and spirit, parts the Jordan, heals the waters of Jericho, and begins his prophetic ministry.
2 Kings 8
[Bible]2 Kings 8 records how a woman who heeded Elisha's word escaped a seven-year famine and recovered her land on her return, how Elisha told Hazael that he would become king of Aram, and the reigns of Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah.
2 Kings 1
[Bible]Second Kings 1 tells how Ahaziah, king of northern Israel, falls ill and inquires of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, and then dies just as Elijah has foretold.
2 Kings 6
[Bible]A chapter in which Elisha makes a sunken axe head float, strikes the Aramean army surrounding Dothan with blindness, leads them to Samaria, and sends them home. It closes with the severe famine brought on by Ben-hadad's siege of Samaria.
2 Kings 12
[Bible]Second Kings 12 recounts the forty-year reign of Joash, king of Judah. It records his repair of the temple with money gathered in a collection chest, his sending of sacred treasures to Hazael king of Aram to induce him to withdraw, and his death in a conspiracy by his servants.