2 Samuel related passages

Within the Bible

• Previous: First Samuel ends with the death of Saul at Gilboa, clearing the way for David. Second Samuel takes up the story with David’s lament and his rise to the throne of all Israel.
• Next: First Kings continues with the end of David’s life, the succession of Solomon, and the building of the temple that David longed to build and prepared for.
• Thematic Connections:
  • 1 Chronicles 11-29 - Retells David’s reign with emphasis on worship and temple preparation, largely passing over his sins.
  • Psalm 51 - David’s prayer of repentance after his sin with Bathsheba, the inner counterpart to 2 Samuel 12.
  • Psalm 89 - A meditation on the Davidic Covenant and its promises, wrestling with God’s faithfulness.

Cross-Testament Connections

Second Samuel plants promises the New Testament harvests:

• The Son of David: The everlasting throne promised to David is given to Jesus, “the Son of David,” whose kingdom has no end (Luke 1:32-33; Acts 2:29-36).
• The eternal covenant: The Davidic covenant, an “everlasting covenant” (23:5), is fulfilled and secured in Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20; Hebrews 13:20).
• The true temple: David’s desire to build God a house, deferred to his son, points beyond Solomon to Christ and to His people as God’s dwelling (John 2:19-21; Ephesians 2:21-22).
• The righteous King: David’s longing for one who rules justly in the fear of God is answered in Jesus, the King who reigns in perfect righteousness (2 Samuel 23:3-4; Isaiah 11:1-5).
• Grace to the helpless: David’s kindness to lame Mephibosheth, seated at the king’s table for Jonathan’s sake, pictures the grace that seats undeserving sinners as children of God in Christ (Ephesians 2:4-7).