PREPARATION TO BUILD YAHWEH’S HOUSE This is a red text box. Then David said, “This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”2 So David said to gather the sojourners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to hew out stones to build […]

And Yahweh spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,10 “Go and speak to David, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I am offering you three things; choose for yourself one of them, and I will do that to you.”’”11 So Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Take for yourself12 either three years of […]

WAR WITH PHILISTINE GIANTS Now it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the force of the military and brought the land of the sons of Ammon to ruin, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and tore […]

THE AMMONITES DISHONOR DAVID’S MEN Now it happened afterwards, that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son became king in his place.2 So David said, “I will show lovingkindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed lovingkindness to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning […]

DAVID STRIKES DOWN NATIONS Now it happened afterwards, that David struck the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.2 He also struck Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.3 Then David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went […]