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Kavanot: Sefer Shmuel

Thoughts on Tanach and the Davening

<h3>The Life of David</h3>

The "Relevant תהילים" column was my original notes for these shiurim; for the actual discussion of each פרק, see the second table on the <a href="http://kavanot.bililite.com/Sefer+Tehilim">Sefer Tehilim page</a>.

| ספרי נביאים | Relevant תהילים |
|---|---|
| שמואל א פרק טז | |
|1-6 | Samuel ordered to anoint a new king | 
|7-23 | Anointment of David as singer to Saul | 30
|שמואל א פרק יז |  | 
|1-11 | Goliath | 
|12-16 | David's brothers go to war | 
|17-19 | David brings food to his brothers | 
|20-25 | David sees Goliath | 
|26-33 | David volunteers to fight | 
|34-36 | David's history defending the flock | 20
|37-44 | Goliath mocks David | 37
|45-54 | David's victory | 9-10
|55-56 | Saul doesn't remember David | 
|שמואל א פרק יח |  | 
|17:57-5 | David meets Jonathan | 14,53
|6-9 | הכה שאול באלפיו, ודוד ברבבתיו  | 36
|10-13 | Saul tries to kill David | 12
|14-16 | Everyone loves David | 
|17 | Saul proposes marrying Meirav to David | 
|18-24 | Saul proposes marrying Michal to David | 
|25-29 | ...for a brideprice of 400 foreskins | 
|30 | David is a hero | 
|שמואל א פרק יט |  | 
|1-3 | Jonathan warns David | 
|4-7 | Jonathan defends David | 
|8-10 | Saul tries to kill David | 
|11-13 | Michal saves David | 59
|14 | Michal's cover story | 
|15-16 | Michal's story is uncovered | 
|17-24 | Samuel defends David | 
|שמואל א פרק כ |  | 
|1-4 | David and Jonathan conspire | 
|5-8 | David's plan to hide | 
|9 | Jonathan's answer | 
|10-11 | Jonathan and David go outside to conspire | 
|12-17 | Jonathan agrees | 
|18-23 | Jonathan fleshes out the plan | 
|24-26 | Plan, day 1 | 
|27-29 | Plan, day 2 | 
|30-31 | Saul threatens to kill David | 
|32-33 | Jonathan defends David | 
|34 | Jonathan broods | 
|35-42 | The plan is implemented | 
|שמואל א פרק כא |  | 
|1-5 | David hides in Nob | 
|6-9 | David gets food and arms from Achimelech | 
|10-14 | David runs to Gath and feigns insanity | 56
|15-16 | חסר משגעים אני? | 34
|שמואל א פרק כב |  | 
|1-4 | David's band of mercenaries | 31
|5 | Gad's message to David | 23
|6-8 | Saul's paranoia | 
|9-11 | Doeg betrays Achimelech | 52
|12-13 | Saul confronts Achimelech | 
|14-17 | Achimelech defends himself | 
|18-23:3 | Massacre at Nob | 
|שמואל א פרק כג |  | 
|4-5 | David defends Keilah | 
|6-9 | Saul goes after David | 
|10-12 | David inquires of the ephod | 
|13-15 | David flees Keilah | 35
|16-18 | Jonathan pledges loyalty to David | 
|19-29 | Saul goes after David | 11,54
|שמואל א פרק כד |  | 
|1 | Saul is informed of David's location | 
|2-7 | David does not kill Saul | 57,142
|8-15 | David defends himself | 7
|16-22 | Saul accepts David | 58
|שמואל א פרק כה |  | 
|1 | Samuel dies | 
|2-31 | David meets Abigail | 
|32-43 | David marries Abigail | 
|שמואל א פרק כו |  | 
|25:44-7 | Saul goes after David | 58,63
|8-25 | David does not kill Saul | 
|שמואל א פרק כז |  | 
|1-4 | David runs to Gath | 
|5-6 | David works for Achish | 
|7-12 | David is a Philistine mercenary | 
|שמואל א פרק כח |  | 
|1-2 | Philistines go to war against Israel | 
|3-16 | Saul consults the witch of Endor | 
|17-25 | Saul consults the ghost of Samuel | 
|שמואל א פרק כט |  | 
|1-3 | Philistines go to war against Israel | 
|3-5 | Philistines accuse David of disloyalty | 
|6-7 | David is dismissed | 
|8-11 | David leaves | 
|שמואל א פרק ל |  | 
|1-6 | Amalek attacks David's home | 
|7-12 | David chases Amalek | 
|13-21 | David attacks Amalek | 
|22 | The stragglers disclaim the booty | 
|23-24 | David rewards them anyway | 
|25 | And makes it a permanent rule | 
|26-31 | David restores the stolen property | 
|שמואל א פרק לא |  | 
|1-7 | Saul and his sons fall in battle | 
|8-13 | Saul is buried | 
|שמואל ב פרק א |  | 
|1-12 | David finds out about Saul's death | 
|13-16 | David kills the Amalekite | 
|17-27 | David's elegy for Saul and Jonathan | 
|שמואל ב פרק ב |  | 
|1-4 | David reigns in Hebron | 
|5-7 | David courts the people of Gilead | 
|8-9 | Ish Bosheth reigns in the rest of Israel | 21
|10-11 | Divided kingdom for 2 years | 
|12-3:1 | Civil war | 
|שמואל ב פרק ג |  | 
|2-5 | David's children in Hebron | 
|6-11 | Abner threatens to defect to David | 
|12-13 | Abner defects to David | 
|14-30 | Joab assassinates Abner | 
|31-32 | David mourns Abner | 
|33-38 | David's elegy for Abner | 
|38-39 | David wants to make amends | 
|שמואל ב פרק ד |  | 
|1-3 | Ish Bosheth hears of the assassination | 
|4-12 | Ish Bosheth is assassinated | 
|שמואל ב פרק ה |  | 
|1-2 | All the tribes ask David to rule | 
|3 | David reigns over all Israel | 
|4-10 | David conquers Jerusalem | 
|11-12 | David builds a palace | 
|13-16 | David's children in Jerusalem | 
|17-22 | David defeats the Philistines | 1-2
|23-25 | David defeats the Philistines | 
|שמואל ב פרק ו |  | 
|1-23 | David brings the ark to Jerusalem | 8,29,68
|דברי הימים א פרק ו |  | 
|16-34 | Leviim appointed by David | 42-49‎ (Bnei Korach),‎ 50‎ (Asaf)‎
|שמואל ב פרק ז |  | 
|1-3 | David wants to build the Temple | 27-28
|4-17 | Nathan tells David his son will build the Temple | 
|18-29 | David's prayer | 
|שמואל ב פרק ח |  | 
|1-8 | David's wars of conquest | 60
|9-18 | David's kingdom | 61
|שמואל ב פרק ט |  | 
|1-13 | David takes care of Saul's grandson | 
|שמואל ב פרק י |  | 
|1-19 | David defeats Aram and Ammon | 
|שמואל ב פרק יא |  | 
|1 | The war with Ammon continues | 
|2-15 | David and Bathsheba | 25-26
|16-24 | Uriah is sent to his death | 
|25-27 | David marries Bathsheba | 17
|שמואל ב פרק יב |  | 
|1-6 | Nathan's parable | 
|7-10 | Nathan accuses David | 51
|11-12 | David's punishment | 38-39
|13-25 | David's son dies | 
|26-31 | David defeats Ammon | 40-41
|שמואל ב פרק יג |  | 
|1-22 | The rape of Tamar | 
|23-27 | Conspiracy against Amnon | 
|28-30 | Amnon is assassinated | 
|31 | David mourns Amnon | 
|32-33 | Jonadab consoles David | 
|34-39 | Absalom flees | 
|שמואל ב פרק יד |  | 
|1-4 | Joab tries to console David | 
|5-7 | The wise woman's parable | 
|8-9 | David's response | 
|10-11 | David vows to protect her | 
|13-17 | She asks again for protection | 
|18-20 | David realizes what's going on | 
|21-23 | David asks to bring Absalom back | 
|24 | David doesn't want to see Absalom | 
|25-17 | Absalom's beauty | 
|28-30 | David refuses to see Absalom | 
|31-33 | Absalom asks for forgiveness | 
|שמואל ב פרק טו |  | 
|1-6 | Absalom undermines David | 
|6-9 | Absalom conspires against David | 70,71
|10-18 | Absalom rebels against David | 3
|19-24 | David flees Jerusalem | 55
|25-26 | David has the ark return to Jerusalem | 
|27-37 | David recruits spies in Jerusalem | 
|שמואל ב פרק טז |  | 
|1-9 | Saul's decendents help and hinder David | 
|10 | David accepts Shimei's curses | 
|11-13 | Shimei  continues cursing David | 
|14-19 | Absalom takes Jerusalem | 
|20-23 | Absalom takes David's concubines | 
|שמואל ב פרק יז |  | 
|1-4 | Ahithophel's plan | 4-5
|5-6 | Absalom questions Hushai | 
|7-13 | Hushai's plan | 
|14 | Absalom accepts Hushai's plan | 
|15-20 | David's spies are told the plan | 
|21-23 | David is told the plan and flees | 
|24-26 | The camps of David and Absalom | 
|27-18:3 | David prepares for war | 
|שמואל ב פרק יח |  | 
|4-18 | Civil war | 
|19-28 | Messengers are sent to David | 
|29-31 | The messengers arrive | 
|32 | David learns of Absalom's death | 
|שמואל ב פרק יט |  | 
|1-5 | David mourns Absalom | 
|6-8 | Joab chides David | 
|9 | David remains in mourning | 
|10-11 | The people are disheartened | 
|12-21 | David returns to Jerusalem | 
|22 | Abishai wants to kill Shimei | 
|23-24 | David defends Shimei | 
|25-29 | Mephibosheth pledges loyalty to David | 
|30-31 | David accepts Mephibosheth | 
|32-38 | Barzillai pledges loyalty to David | 
|39-40 | David rewards Barzillai | 
|41-42 | David crosses the Jordan | 
|43 | The people of Judah argue with the rest of Israel | 
|שמואל ב פרק כ |  | 
|19:44-3 | Sheba rebels against David | 
|4-5 | David musters the people of Judah | 
|6-8 | Joab chases Sheba | 
|9-10 | Joab assassinates Amasa and tracks down Sheba | 
|20-22 | Sheba is killed | 
|23-25 | David's officers | 
|שמואל ב פרק כא |  | 
|1-14 | Saul's descendents are killed | 65
|15-17 | David is too old to fight | 
|18 | War with the Philistines | 
|20-22 | The Philistines are defeated | 
|שמואל ב פרק כב |  | 
|1-51 | David's shira | 18
|שמואל ב פרק כג |  | 
|1-7 | David's last psalm | 
|8-39 | David's officers | 
|שמואל ב פרק כד |  | 
|1-2 | David plans a census | 
|3-10 | The census | 
|11-13 | Gad's message to David | 
|14-16 | David chooses to be punished by G-d | 6
|17 | David prays for forgiveness | 
|18-25 | David builds an altar in the threshing-floor of Araunah | 24
|מלכים א פרק א |  | 
|1-31 | Adonijah declares himself heir to the throne | 
|32-53 | David declares Solomon heir to the throne | 
|מלכים א פרק ב |  | 
|1-5 | David's instructions to Solomon | 72
|7-10 | David dies | 
|11-12 | David's reign |