2Sa 3:1, 5:1, 18:6-8, 19:9, 14, 20:1-2, 22, Psa 2:1-6, 18:43, Act 4:25-28 | ESV | STEP | There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David . And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.

abCited from Ps. 2:1, 2

ac ver. 5

ad ch. 10:38; Luke 4:18; Heb. 1:9; [Dan. 9:24; Rev. 11:15]

af ver. 30

ajSee Matt. 20:19

amSee ch. 2:23

2 Samuel 3:1

Abner Joins David

1 There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.

2 Samuel 5:1

David Anointed King of Israel

1 Then all the tribes of Israel ^acame to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, ^bwe are your bone and flesh.

2 Samuel 18:6-8

6 So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the ^cforest of Ephraim. 7 And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the loss there was great on that day, twenty thousand men. 8 The battle spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword.

2 Samuel 19:9

9 And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, ^d“The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and ^esaved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now ^fhe has fled out of the land from Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:14

14 And he swayed the heart of all the men of Judah ^gas one man, so that they sent word to the king, “Return, both you and all your servants.”

2 Samuel 20:1-2

The Rebellion of Sheba

1 Now there happened to be there ^ha worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said,

ⁱ“We have no portion in David,
and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;
^jevery man to his tents, O Israel!”
2 So all the men of Israel withdrew from David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah followed their king steadfastly from the Jordan to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 20:22

22 Then the woman went to all the people ^kin her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, ^levery man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

Psalms 2:1-6

The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed

1 ^mWhy do ⁿthe nations rage ^{▼▼Or nations noisily assemble}
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his ^pAnointed, saying,
3 “Let us ^qburst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
4 He who ^rsits in the heavens ^slaughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
5 Then he will speak to them in his ^twrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
6 “As for me, I have ^uset my King
on ^vZion, my ^wholy hill.”

Psalms 18:43

43 You delivered me from ^xstrife with the people;
you made me ^ythe head of the nations;
^zpeople whom I had not known served me.

Acts 4:25-28

25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, ^{▼▼Or child; also verses 27, 30} said by the Holy Spirit,

^ab“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and ^acthe rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his ^adAnointed’ ^{▼▼Or Christ}—
27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your ^afholy servant Jesus, ^agwhom you anointed, both ^ahHerod and ^aiPontius Pilate, along ^ajwith the Gentiles and ^akthe peoples of Israel, 28 ^alto do whatever your hand and ^amyour plan had predestined to take place.