II Samuel

by Anonymous

Kindle Edition

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Reviews

[Katja Labonté · Rating 5 out of 5]

2 Samuel is really an encouraging and thought-provoking book. What a story. So joyful, so sad, so powerful. I don’t have words, really. Just the realization that this is the story of a real man with his ups and downs, faults and virtues, well-doing and wrongdoing… yet a man whom God called “after His own heart,” a man whom God praised throughout His entire book…

Seeing David’s everyday life, and how he fell sometimes, but how he always picked himself up and walked with God… that’s encouraging. The Bible doesn’t say David was perfect, it just says he had a heart that was wholly God’s and he walked with the Lord… and man, it just goes to show that if DAVID could do it, with the life he lived, so can I.

[Grace Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under His feet.
He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters."
~ 2 Sam. 22:4,10,17

[Matthias Walters · Rating 3 out of 5]

Best prose was chapter 22, but this book didn’t hold up as much as the others I’ve read so far.

Unrelated to Samuel II, I learned in my parasitology lecture this month that the fiery serpents mentioned in Numbers were likely Dracunculus worms. COOL! Whatever I rated Numbers, I’ll add a number.

[Sean Helms · Rating 5 out of 5]

Involving the reign of King David. Includes the stories of David's great sin; the rebellion of his son and tangled death of Absalom; the battle and slayings of Goliath's 4 sons.

[Francine Guilen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muita política, pouco Deus

[Theresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Starts after Samuel’s death and relates the life of David. The events during his hiding from Saul, how he became king and his adventures. Then there’s the birth of his son Solomon during the war with the Philistines, the war with Absalom over the kingship and then the attempted usurpation of the throne from Solomon by Adonijah before David’s death.

Interesting how I Samuel related the story of King Saul chasing David to kill him, while this book has David’s son Absalom chasing him. Everyone keeps trying to take the kingship away from David.

Footnote: 1) Not sure why it’s called II Samuel when Samuel dies in the previous book. My hypothesis? Maybe because Samuel anointed David king and so this continues Samuel’s works.

Fave verse(s): the story of Mephibosheth, the lame son of Jonathan.