[CONTENTS.]

CHAPTER I.
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DAVID'S LAMENT FOR SAUL AND JONATHAN[1]
CHAPTER II.
BEGINNING OF DAVID'S REIGN AT HEBRON[14]
CHAPTER III.
BEGINNING OF CIVIL WAR[26]
CHAPTER IV.
CONCLUSION OF CIVIL WAR[38]
CHAPTER V.
ASSASSINATION OF ABNER AND ISHBOSHETH[50]
CHAPTER VI.
DAVID KING OF ALL ISRAEL[62]
CHAPTER VII.
THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED[73]
CHAPTER VIII.
THE ARK BROUGHT UP TO JERUSALEM[85]
CHAPTER IX.
PROPOSAL TO BUILD A TEMPLE[97]
CHAPTER X.
FOREIGN WARS[109]
CHAPTER XI.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE KINGDOM[121]
CHAPTER XII.
DAVID AND MEPHIBOSHETH[134]
CHAPTER XIII.
DAVID AND HANUN[146]
CHAPTER XIV.
DAVID AND URIAH[158]
CHAPTER XV.
DAVID AND NATHAN[169]
CHAPTER XVI.
PENITENCE AND CHASTISEMENT[181]
CHAPTER XVII.
ABSALOM AND AMNON[193]
CHAPTER XVIII.
ABSALOM BANISHED AND BROUGHT BACK[205]
CHAPTER XIX.
ABSALOM'S REVOLT[217]
CHAPTER XX.
DAVID'S FLIGHT FROM JERUSALEM[229]
CHAPTER XXI.
FROM JERUSALEM TO MAHANAIM[241]
CHAPTER XXII.
ABSALOM IN COUNCIL[253]
CHAPTER XXIII.
ABSALOM'S DEFEAT AND DEATH[265]
CHAPTER XXIV.
DAVID'S GRIEF FOR ABSALOM[277]
CHAPTER XXV.
THE RESTORATION[289]
CHAPTER XXVI.
DAVID AND BARZILLAI[301]
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE INSURRECTION OF SHEBA[314]
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE FAMINE[326]
CHAPTER XXIX.
LAST BATTLES AND THE MIGHTY MEN[338]
CHAPTER XXX.
THE SONG OF THANKSGIVING[350]
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE LAST WORDS OF DAVID[363]
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE LAST WORDS OF DAVID[363]
CHAPTER XXXII.
THE NUMBERING OF ISRAEL[376]
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE TWO BOOKS OF SAMUEL[388]

[CHAPTER I.]

DAVID'S LAMENT FOR SAUL AND JONATHAN.

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