Samuel

Day 98: 2 Samuel 23-24

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 98, is 2 Samuel 23-24: The song of David, the soldiers of David, the sin of David

Online text: 2 Samuel 23-24

David and Araunah making Offerings at the Altar, by an artist in the circle of Lambert Jacobsz (1598-1636)

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Day 97: 2 Samuel 20-22

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 97, is 2 Samuel 20-23: Last things

Online text: 2 Samuel 20-22

David in Prayer, by Pieter de Grebber (circa 1635-1640)

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Day 96: 2 Samuel 17-19

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 96, is 2 Samuel 17-19: Absalom dies in battle and David returns to Jerusalem

Online text: 2 Samuel 17-19

Muerte de Absalón by Corrado Giaquinto (1817)

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Day 95: 2 Samuel 14-16

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 95, is 2 Samuel 14-16: Absalom returns, rebels against David

Online text: 2 Samuel 14-16

David and Absalom, by Rembrandt

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Day 94: 2 Samuel 12-13

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 94, is 2 Samuel 12-13: Nathan confronts David; rape and revenge

Online text: 2 Samuel 12-13

“You’re the man! But not in a good way.” – Nathan

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Day 93: 2 Samuel 8-11

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 93, is 2 Samuel 8-11: God makes an unconditional covenant with David; David commits adultery with Bathsheba

Online text: 2 Samuel 8-11

(Rector’s reflection includes half of Day 94. Sorry.)

Susan Hayward as a rightfully skeptical Bathsheba to Gregory Peck’s King David (1951)

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Day 92: 2 Samuel 4-7

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 92, is 2 Samuel 4-7: Judah wins; David anointed king over all Israel; captures Jerusalem and takes the Ark there

Online text: 2 Samuel 4-7

We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
’cause your friends don’t dance
and if they don’t dance
then they’re no friends of mine

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Day 91: 2 Samuel 1-3

 Summary of 2 Samuel: David, a “man after God’s own heart,” forged the tribes of Israel into a strong nation during his forty-year reign as king. But after committing adultery and murder, he was haunted by family problems and national crises.

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 91, is 2 Samuel 1-3: David crowned king over Judah, but war breaks out between Judah and the rest of Israel

Online text: 2 Samuel 1-3

Overview of 2 Samuel from the Bible Project:

 

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Day 90: 1 Samuel 28-31

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 90, is 1 Samuel 25-27: The witch of Endor; the death of Saul

Online text: 1 Samuel 28-31

Saul and David by Rembrandt (1651-1658)

The Shade of Samuel Invoked by Saul by Bernardo Cavallino (1650-1656)

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Day 89: 1 Samuel 25-27

The reading for Year of the Bible, Day 89, is 1 Samuel 25-27: David spares Saul again

Online text: 1 Samuel 25-27

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