| Samuel | 1:1 - 7:17 |
| Samuel's birth | 1:1 - 2:10 |
| Hannah prays, Samuel born | 1:1 - 1:26 |
| Hannah's psalm | 2:1 - 2:10 |
| Samuel and Eli | 2:11 - 7:2 |
| Samuel stays with Eli | 2:11 |
| Eli's wicked sons | 2:12 - 2:17 |
| Samuel, Eli, Hannah | 2:18 - 2:21 |
| Eli's wicked sons; prophecy against Eli's family | 2:22 - 2:36 |
| Samuel hears from God | 3:1 - 3:18 |
| Samuel grows up | 3:19 - 4:1a |
| War with Philistines, ark captured, Eli and sons die | 4:1b - 4:22 |
| The ark in Philistine | 5:1 - 5:12 |
| The ark returned to Israel | 6:1 - 7:2 |
| Samuel leads Israel in defeat of Philistines | 7:3 - 7:17 |
| Saul and Samuel | 8:1 - 15:35 |
| Israel asks for a king | 8:1 - 8:22 |
| Samuel anoints Saul to be king of Israel | 9:1 - 10:16 |
| Samuel presents Saul as king | 10:17 - 10:27 |
| Saul leads Israel in defeat of Ammonites | 11:1 - 11:15 |
| Samuel addresses Israel | 12:1 - 12:25 |
| Saul and Israel battle the Philistines | 13:1 - 14:46 |
| Army deserts, Saul makes offerings | 13:1 - 13:23 |
| Jonathan and his armor bearer ambush the Philistines | 14:1 - 14:15 |
| Saul and company rout the Philistines | 14:16 - 14:23 |
| Saul forbids eating that day, army gorges themselves that evening | 14:24 - 14:35 |
| Jonathan found to have broken Saul's order | 14:36 - 14:46 |
| Saul | 14:47 - 14:52 |
| Saul and army sin in war with the Amalekites | 15:1 - 15:35 |
| David and Saul | 16:1 - 1:27 |
| God chooses David to replace Saul | 16:1 - 16:13 |
| Saul's depression, David plays music to lift Saul's mood | 16:14 - 16:23 |
| David kills Goliath | 17:1 - 17:58 |
| Jonathan and David form friendship | 18:1 - 18:5 |
| Saul becomes jealous and fearful of David | 18:6 - 18:30 |
| Saul intends to kill David | 19:1 - 26:25 |
| Jonathan defends David | 19:1 - 19:7 |
| Saul tries to kill David, David escapes to Samuel at Naioth in Ramah | 19:8 - 19:18 |
| Saul and his men prophesy at Naioth in Ramah | 19:19 - 24 |
| David and Jonathan | 20:1 - 20:472 |
| David flees to Ahimelech in Nob | 21:1 - 21:92 |
| David flees to Achish king of Gath (a Philistine city) | 21:10 - 21:162 |
| David escapes to the cave of Adullam, gathers a following | 22:1 - 22:2 |
| David goes to Moab and the to Judah | 22:3 - 22:5 |
| Saul massacres the priests and inhabitants of Nob | 22:6 - 22:23 |
| David fights the Philistines at Keilah, Saul pursues | 23:1 - 23:13 |
| David at Horesh in the wilderness of Ziph, Saul chases into wilderness of Maon | 23:14 - 23:283 |
| Saul pursues David in the wilderness of En Gedi | 24:1 - 24:233 |
| Samuel dies | 25:1a |
| David, Nabal and Abigail | 25:1b - 25:44 |
| Saul hunts for David in the wilderness of Ziph | 26:1 - 26:25 |
| Battle between Israel and the Philistines; Saul and Jonathan die | 27:1 - 1:27 |
| David settles in Ziklag, conducts raids, and deceives Achish, king of Gath | 27:1 - 27:12 |
| David to fight along side Achish | 28:1 - 28:2 |
| Saul seeks the spirit of Samuel when he doesn't hear from God | 28:3 - 28:25 |
| Philistines refuse to let David fight along side them | 29:1 - 29:11 |
| David rescues those who had been captured by the Amalekites | 30:1 - 30:31 |
| Saul and Jonathan die | 31:1 - 31:13 | 1 Chr. 10:1 - 10:14 |
| --- 2nd Samuel --- | |
| David is told of Saul and Jonathan's deaths | 1:1 - 1:16 |
| David's lament | 1:17 - 1:27 |
| David | 2nd Samuel 2:1 -
1st Kings 2:12 |
| David struggles to become king | 2:1 - 5:3 |
| David moves to Hebron, becomes king of Judah | 2:1 - 2:4a |
| David's message to Jabesh Gilead | 2:4b - 2:7 |
| Ish-Bosheth made king of Israel | 2:8 - 2:11 |
| David and Ish-Bosheth's men fight | 2:12 - 3:1 |
| David's family in Hebron | 3:2 - 3:5 | 1 Chr. 3:1 - 3:9 |
| Abner makes a deal with David | 3:6 - 3:21 |
| Joab kills Abner | 3:22 - 3:39 |
| Ish_Bosheth killed | 4:1 - 4:12 |
| David made king over all Israel | 5:1 - 5:3 | 1 Chr. 11:1 - 11:3 |
| David as king; captures Jerusalem | 5:4 - 5:16 | 1 Chr. 11:4 - 11:9, 14:1 - 14:7 |
| David fights the Philistines | 5:17 - 5:25 | 1 Chr. 14:8 - 14:17 |
| David brings the Ark to Jerusalem | 6:1 - 6:23 | 1 Chr. 13:1 - 13:14, 15:1 - 16:3 |
| David wants to build temple, God's message to David, David's prayer | 7:1 - 7:29 | 1 Chr. 17:1 - 17:27 |
| David's victories | 8:1 - 8:14 | 1 Chr. 18:1 - 18:13 |
| Officials in David's service | 8:15 - 8:18 | 1 Chr. 18:14 - 18:17 |
| David takes in Jonathan's son Mephibosheth | 9:1 - 9:13 |
| Israel defeats the Ammonites | 10:1 - 10:19 | 1 Chr. 19:1 - 19:19 |
| David commits adultery, has Uriah killed, Nathan confronts David, child dies | 11:1 - 12:25 | 1 Chr. 20:1 - 20:3 |
| Fighting the Ammonites at Rabbah | 12:26 - 12:31 |
| Absalom | 13:1 - 19:43 |
| Amnon rapes Tamar | 13:1 - 13:20 |
| David fails to punish Amnon | 13:21 |
| Absalom kills Amnon, flees | 13:22 - 13:39 |
| Joab's scheme to return Absalom from exile | 14:1 - 14:33 |
| Absalom attempts to become king | 15:1 - 19:43 |
| Absalom exalts himself | 15:1 - 15:12 |
| David flees | 15:13 - 16:14 |
| Absalom in Jerusalem | 16:15 - 17:14 |
| Report sent to David | 17:15 - 17:21 |
| David's men fight Absalom's men, Joab kills Absalom | 17:22 - 18:18 |
| Report brought to David | 18:19 - 18:32 |
| David mourns for Absalom | 18:33 - 19:4 |
| Joab rebukes David, David encourages his men | 19:5 - 19:8 |
| David returns to Jerusalem | 19:9 - 19:43 |
| Sheba rebels, Joab kills Amasa | 20:1 - 20:22 |
| Official's in David's service | 20:23 - 20:26 |
| David makes a settlement with the Gibeonites | 21:1 - 21:14 |
| Conflicts between Israel and the Philistines; four descendants of Rapha killed | 21:15 - 21:22 |
| A psalm of David | 22:1 - 22:51 |
| A poem of David | 23:1 - 23:7 |
| David's top men | 23:8 - 23:39 | 1 Chr. 11:10 - 11:47 |
| The three | 23:8 - 23:17 | 1 Chr. 11:10 - 11:19 |
| Abishai and Benaiah | 23:18 - 23:23 | 1 Chr. 11:20 - 11:25 |
| The thirty | 23:24 - 23:39 | 1 Chr. 11:26 - 11:47 |
| David takes a census | 24:1 - 24:25 | 1 Chr. 21:1 - 22:1, 27:23 - 27:24 |
| --- 1st Kings --- | |
| Adonijah tries to become king, David makes Solomon king instead | 1:1 - 1:53 |
| David instructs Solomon; David dies | 2:1 - 2:12 | 1 Chr. 28:1 - 29:30 |
| Solomon | 2:13 - 11:43 | |
| Solomon secures kingdom, kills Adonijah, Joab and Shimei, strips Abiathar of his priesthood | 2:13 - 2:46 |
| God speaks to Solomon | 3:1 - 3:15 | 2 Chr. 1:1 - 1:13 |
| Example of Solomon's wisdom: two mothers | 3:16 - 3:28 |
| Solomon's officials, etc. | 4:1 - 4:28 | 2 Chr. 1:14 - 1:17 |
| Solomon's wisdom | 4:29 - 4:34 |
| Solomon builds a temple for God | 5:1 - 6:38 |
| Solomon builds his palace | 7:1 - 7:12 |
| Items for the temple | 7:13 - 7:51 |
| Hiram crafts the bronze items | 7:13 - 7:47 |
| Gold items | 7:48 - 7:51 |
| Dedication of the temple | 8:1 - 8:66 |
| Israel gathers and brings the ark into the temple | 8:1 - 8:11 | 2 Chr. 5:2 - 5:14 |
| Solomon blesses the people | 8:12 - 8:21 | 2 Chr. 6:1 - 6:11 |
| Solomon's prayer | 8:22 - 8:53 | 2 Chr. 6:12 - 6:42 |
| Solomon blesses the people | 8:54 - 8:61 |
| Israel worships | 8:62 - 8:66 | 2 Chr. 7:1 - 7:10 |
| God speaks to Solomon again | 9:1 - 9:9 | 2 Chr. 7:11 - 7:22 |
| Solomon pays Hiram king of Tyre | 9:10 - 9:14 |
| Solomon's building projects, etc. | 9:15 - 9:28 |
| The queen of Sheba visits | 10:1 - 10:13 | 2 Chr. 9:1 - 9:12 |
| Solomon's wealth | 10:14 - 10:29 | 2 Chr. 1:14 - 1:17, 9:13 - 9:28 |
| Solomon's wives lead him to idolatry | 11:1 - 11:13 |
| Solomon's opponents | 11:14 - 11:43 |
| Hadad | 11:14 - 11:22 |
| Rezon | 11:23 - 11:25 |
| Prophecy that Jeroboam to become king of Israel | 11:26 - 11:43 |