CHAPTER 11. 1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh. 2 Yesterday also, and the day before when Saul was…

CHAPTER 12. 1 Now these are they that came to David to Siceleg, while he yet fled from Saul the son of Cia, and they were most valiant and excellent…

CHAPTER 13. 1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and with all the commanders. 2 And he said to all the assembly of Israel: If…

CHAPTER 14. 1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house. 2 And David perceived that the…

CHAPTER 15. 1 He made also houses for himself in the city of David: and built a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tabernacle for it. 2…

CHAPTER 16. 1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent, which David had pitched for it: and they offered holocausts, and…

CHAPTER 17. 1 Now when David was dwelling in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet: Behold I dwell in a house of cedar: and the ark of the…

CHAPTER 18. 1 And it came to pass after this, that David defeated the Philistines, and humbled them, and took away Geth, and her daughters out of the hands of…

CHAPTER 19. 1 Now it came to pass that Naas the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned is his stead. 2 And David said: I…

CHAPTER 20. 1 And it came to pass after the course of a year, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab gathered together an army and the…