Samuel, a judge of Israel.

1. David mourns Saul's and Jonathan's deaths

2. David anointed King over Judah--David wins a battle with the house of Saul/Ishbosheth

3. battle between the house of Saul/Ishbosheth and the house of David continues--David grows stronger while Saul grows weaker--Abner joins David--Joab murders Abner--David mourns Abner

4. Ishbosheth murdered--David commands that the murderers be put to death

5. David anointed king over Israel--David takes Jerusalem--Tyre--David's concubines, wives, and offspring--war with the Philistines

6. human ideas rather than God's pattern when carrying the Ark of the Covenant results in death--they follow the pattern for carrying the Ark--David dances in the Spirit before the Ark--David's wife speaks disdainfully about David's dancing and is set aside so she never has a child

7. David makes plans for building a temple--God forbids David from building it--God promises a permanent house--David's prayer and praise

8. David defeats the Philistines, the Moabites, Zobah and Syria and receives gold and brass--David rules righteously

9. Mephibosheth, son of Jonathon, son of Saul

10. David tries to honor Ammon, but they mistrusted and shamed David's men--Children of Ammon hire thousands of fighting men--Ammon defeated--Syria defeated

11. David and Bathsheba commit adultery and she becomes pregnant--David tries to cover, finally resorting to murder--David marries Bathsheba but the Lord is displeased

12. Nathan the prophet confronts David and declares the punishment: continual wars, someone from David's own household to commit adultery with David's wives publicly--David repents--Nathan tells David that the child of adultery will die--though David prays and weeps, the child dies--more wars

13. David's son Amnon rapes Tamar, Absalom's sister (Absalom is David's son by a different wife)--Absalom murders Amnon for vengeance and then flees

14. Joab gets the woman from Tekoa to convince David to bring Absalom back--David command Joab to bring Absalom back but would not see Absalom--Absalom finally sees his father, David

15. Absalom conspires to take the kingdom, gaining followers by telling them what they want to hear--David flees

16. Ziba, Mephibosheth's servant, lies to David--Shimei curses David--Absalom takes over Jerusalem and commits adultery with David's wives and concubines on the advice of Ahithophel (Bathsheba's grandfather)

17. Hushai makes a plan to join Absalom and give him bad advice and to act as a spy--Hushai gets vital information to David--Absalom takes Hushai's counsel over that of Ahithophel and Ahithophel kills himself

18. Absalom gets caught by the hair in a tree and Joab kills him--David mourns Absalom

19. Joab tells David to stop mourning--David restored as king--Mephibosheth comes to meet David and tell of Ziba's deception--Barzillai--harsh words between Israel and Judah

20. Sheba revolts--Joab kills Amasa--Joab pursues Sheba to a walled city; a wise woman negotiates with Joab and only Sheba is killed

21. Famine for 3 years--Gibeonites are given seven descendants of Saul to hang for the acts of Saul that violated the covenant between Israel and Gibeon--war with the Philistines

22. David's song of thanks for deliverance

23. David's last words--David's mighty men

24. The Lord's anger against Israel resulted in David numbering Israel and Judah--God gives David three choices as to which punishment is given for numbering the people--God sends a pestilence--David builds an alter and the pestilence stops