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[[File:Ernst Josephson. - David och Saul.JPG|thumb|[[Ernst Josephson]], ''David and Saul'', 1878]]
 
===Book of1 Samuel 1===
The childless [[Hannah (biblical figure)|Hannah]] vows to [[Yahweh|Yahweh of hosts]] that, if she has a son, he will be dedicated to Yahweh. [[Eli (Bible)|Eli]], the priest of [[Shiloh (biblical city)|Shiloh]], where the [[Ark of the Covenant]] is located, blesses her. A child named [[Samuel (Bible)|Samuel]] is born, and Samuel is dedicated to the Lord as a [[Nazirite]]—the only one besides [[Samson]] to be identified in the Bible. Eli's sons, [[Hophni and Phinehas]], sin against God's laws and the people, a sin that causes them to die in the [[Battle of Aphek]]. But the child Samuel grows up "in the presence of the Lord."
 
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God tells Samuel to anoint [[David]] of [[Bethlehem]] as king, and David enters Saul's court as his [[Squire|armor-bearer]] and [[harp]]ist. Saul's son and heir [[Jonathan (1 Samuel)|Jonathan]] befriends David and recognizes him as the rightful king. Saul then plots David's death, but David flees into the wilderness where he becomes a champion of the Hebrews. David joins the Philistines, but he continues to secretly champion his own people until Saul and Jonathan are killed in battle at [[Mount Gilboa]].
 
===Book of2 Samuel 2===
At this point, David offers a majestic eulogy, where he praises the bravery and magnificence of both his friend Jonathan and King Saul.<ref>{{bibleverse|2 Samuel|1:17–27|KJV}}</ref>
 
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For the remainder of David's reign, problems occur. [[Amnon]] (one of David's sons) rapes his half-sister [[Tamar (daughter of David)|Tamar]] (one of David's daughters). [[Absalom]] (another son of David) kills Amnon and rebels against his father, whereupon David flees from Jerusalem. Absalom is killed following the [[Battle of the Wood of Ephraim]], and David is restored as king and returns to his palace. Finally, only two contenders for the succession remain: [[Adonijah]], son of David and Haggith, and [[Solomon]], son of David and Bathsheba.
 
The Book of2 Samuel 2 concludes with four chapters (chapters 21 to 24) that lie outside the chronological succession narrative of Saul and David, a narrative that will continue in The Book of Kings. These four supplementary<ref>Sub-heading in [[Jerusalem Bible]]</ref> chapters cover a great famine during David's reign;<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Samuel|21:1|NKJV}}</ref> the execution of seven of Saul's remaining descendants, only [[Mephibosheth]] being saved;<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Samuel|21:2–9|NKJV}}</ref> David's [[2 Samuel 22|song of thanksgiving]],<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Samuel|22:1–51|NKJV}}</ref> which is almost identical to [[Psalm 18]]; David's last words;<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Samuel|23:1-7|NKJV}}</ref> a list of David's "[[David's Mighty Warriors|mighty warriors]]";<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Samuel|23:8–39|NKJV}}</ref> an offering made by David using water from the well of Bethlehem;<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Samuel|23:13–17|NKJV}}</ref> David's sinful [[Census#Ancient Israel|census]];<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Samuel|24:1–9|NKJV}}</ref> a plague over Israel which David opted for as preferable to either famine or oppression;<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Samuel|24:10–17|NKJV}}</ref> and the construction of an altar on land David purchased from [[Araunah the Jebusite]].<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Samuel|24:18–25|NKJV}}</ref>
 
The chronological narrative of succession resumes in the [[first Book of Kings]], which relates how, as David lies dying, Bathsheba and Nathan ensure Solomon's elevation to the throne.
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