David's Kindness to Barzillai – 2 Samuel 19:31
- Barzillai, an eighty-year-old man who had provided David with food while he was in Mahanaim, comes to the Jordan to help escort David across. David tells him to come with him to Jerusalem, and he asks why he should repay him with such a great reward and offers that he should return home so he can die there and be buried with his parents. Barzillai suggests he take another man, Chimham, instead. David kisses Barzillai and blesses him, then takes Chimham across the river with him.
- The men of Israel ask complain that Judah has stolen the king and didn't allow them time to get to the Jordan River crossing. The men of Judah reply that they are David's tribe, but he hasn't provided them any favors because of that. Their arguing continues, but the men of Judah's words are fiercer.
The Rebellion of Sheba – 2 Samuel 20
- A worthless Benjamite, Sheba, blows the trumpet and proclaims that Israel has no portion or inheritance in David, and the men of Israel follow him. David arrives in Jerusalem and places his ten concubines that stayed at the palace and puts them under guard, not going in to them.
- David tells Amasa to gather the tribe of Judah, which he does, but not in the time allotted him. David instructs Abishai to take men and pursue Sheba so he will not build walled cities. He meets up with Joab, and as they approach, Joab's sword falls from his thigh. Amasa does not see the sword in his hand, and Joab stabs him, killing him.
- Joab and Abishai pursue Sheba. Sheba passes through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth-maacah, and men follow him. Joab and Abishai arrive in Abel and Beth-maacah, and a woman there asks why they would destroy the city, He tells her that if she will give up Sheba, they will not destroy the city. The people behead Sheba and throw his head over the city wall. Joab and his men return to Jerusalem.
David Avenges the Gibeonites – 2 Samuel 21
- For three years there is famine, and David seeks the Lord. God tells him that there is blood guilt on the house of Saul because he put the Gibeonites (a remnant of the Amorites) to death. David asks the Gibeonites what he can do for them to make amends, and they ask for seven sons of Saul so they may hang them.
- David agrees but spares the life of Mephibosheth because of the oath between David and Jonathan. He gives over seven others, and they are hanged in the first days of the barley harvest.
- Rizpah, the mother of two who were hanged, shelters her sons bodies from birds and animals. When David hears this, he has the bones of Saul, Jonathan, and the seven buried in the land of Benjamin. God then responds to the plea for the land.
War with the Philistines – 2 Samuel 21:15–22 & 1 Chronicles 20:4–5
- War again begins with the Philistines, and David and his men fight them, becoming weary. Ishi-benob, one of the descendants of giants, determines to kill David, but Abishai takes his life. David's men swear that David will not go into battle with them anymore. The war with the Philistines continues.
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