Key Events in David’s Life

EVENTS	SCRIPTURE PASSAGES	RELATED PSALM
The Lord choses David to be king	1 Sam 16.1-13	Ps 78
David plays the harp for king Saul	1 Sam 16.14-23
David kills Goliath	1 Sam 17.1-54
Saul becomes jealous of David	1 Sam 18.6-30
David’s marriage to Michal	1 Sam 18.20-28; 19.9-17; 2 Sam 6.20-23	Ps 59
David’s friendship with Jonathan	1 Sam 18.1-4; 20.1-42; 23.14-18; 2 Sam 1.1-27	Ps 54;63
David meets and marries Abigail	1 Sam 25.1-44
David becomes king of Judah	2 Sam 2.1-7
David becomes king of Israel	2 Sam 5.1-5; 1 Chr 11.1-3
David captures Jerusalem	2 Sam 5.6-12; 1 Chr 11.4-9; 14.1-2
David brings the sacred chest to Jerusalem	2 Sam 6.1-19; 1 Chr 13.1-14; 15.1–16.3,43
David and Bathsheba	2 Sam 11.1–12.25	Ps 51
Solomon is born	2 Sam 12.24,25
Absalom rebels against his father David	2 Sam 15.1-12	Ps 3
Absalom dies and David mourns	2 Sam 18.7–19.8
David counts the people	2 Sam 24.1-25
David gives instructions to his son Solomon	1 Kgs 2.1-9
David dies	1 Kgs 2.10-12