2Sa 3:1, 7:1, 9, 22:40-44 | 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.

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 7:1

The Lord’s Covenant with David

1 ^aNow when the king lived in his house and the Lord ^bhad given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,

2 Samuel 7:9

9 ^cAnd I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

2 Samuel 22:40-44

40 For you equipped me with strength for the battle;
you made ^dthose who rise against me sink under me.
41 You ^emade my enemies turn their backs to me, ^{▼▼Or You gave me my enemies’ necks}
those who hated me, and I destroyed them.
42 They looked, but there was none to save;
they cried to the Lord, but ^ghe did not answer them.
43 I beat them fine ^has the dust of the earth;
I crushed them and stamped them down ⁱlike the mire of the streets.
44 “You delivered me from strife with my people; ^{▼▼Septuagint with the peoples}
you kept me as the head of ^kthe nations;
^lpeople whom I had not known served me.