The Book of Second Samuel - David - His Exploits and Failures

Second Samuel is the story of David, the most powerful King of Biblical Israel. David ruled from 1010 to 970 B.C. The entire story of David is recorded in 1 Sam. 16:13 through 1 Kings 2:12. David belonged to the tribe of Judah and was born in Bethlehem as youngest son of Jesse. He started his career at a young age after being anointed by Samuel as King. However former King Saul did not easily give up the throne. It took David several years to win the throne for himself. Even after becoming King of Judah, he had to fight remaining tribes in order to unify the entire nation under him. There were challenges to David’s throne even while he was King.