“For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.”
2 Samuel 7:21-22
When we studied this material originally, there was a lengthy break between the lessons from First Samuel and Second Samuel. As a result, the first three lessons below were a review of background information learned in First Samuel. They are nearly identical to outlines from First Samuel and can be skipped if following from that study. However, they do serve as good background lessons for the study of David’s reign as King of Israel.
The full series on the life of David can be found by clicking here: The Life of David
- Lesson B1 – The Background of Israel’s Desire for a King (1 Samuel 8:4-5)
- Lesson B2 – “Make Us a King …Like All the Nations” (1 Samuel 8:1-22)
- Lesson B3 – The Rise and Rejection of Saul as King (1 Samuel 15)
- Lesson 01 – David Mourns Saul and Jonathan (2 Samuel 1)
- Lesson 02 – David Anointed Over Judah: And the Beginning of Conflict (2 Samuel 2)
- Lesson 03 – David, Abner, and Joab: Trust and Treachery (2 Samuel 3)
- Lesson 04 – David Is Made King of Israel (2 Samuel 4 – 5)
- Lesson 05 – The Ark of the Covenant Brought to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6; 1 Chronicles 13)
- Lesson 06 – Battles and Victories (2 Samuel 8, 10, 21:15-22; 1 Chronicles 18, 19, 20)
- Lesson 07 – David’s Mighty Men (1 Samuel 22; 2 Samuel 23; 1 Chronicles 11 – 12)
- Lesson 08 – The House of David and the House of God (2 Samuel 7)
- Lesson 09 – David’s Sin with Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11)
- Lesson 10 – David’s Repentance (2 Samuel 12:1-25; Psalms 32, 51)
- Lesson 11 – David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 9)
- Lesson 12 – David: Rectifying the Past (2 Samuel 21)
- Lesson 13 – The Sins of Amnon and Absalom (2 Samuel 13)
- Lesson 14 – The Exile of Absalom (2 Samuel 14)
- Lesson 15 – The Conspiracy of Absalom (2 Samuel 15:1-12)
- Lesson 16 – The Exile of David, Part 1 (2 Samuel 15:13 – 16:14)
- Lesson 17 – The Exile of David, Part 2 (2 Samuel 16:15 – 17:23)
- Lesson 18 – The Exile of David, Part 3 (2 Samuel 17:24 – 19:4)
- Lesson 19 – The Return of the King (2 Samuel 19)
- Lesson 20 – The End of the Rebellion (2 Samuel 20)
- Lesson 21 – The Gratitude of David (2 Samuel 22)
- Lesson 22 – The Numbering of Israel (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21)
- Lesson 23 – The Legacy of David (1 Chronicles 22 – 29)
- Lesson 24 – The Anointing of Solomon as King (1 Kings 1)
- Lesson 25 – The Last Words of David (2 Samuel 23:1-7; 1 Kings 2)