2 Samuel2 SamuelDAVIDDAVID

Ascent to the ThroneAscent to the Throne

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CHAPTER 1CHAPTER 1

Tel Ziklag in the Negev

Mount Gilboa where Saul and three of his sons died in battle with the Philistines

Tel Beth-shanTel Beth-shan where the where the PhilistinesPhilistines hung the hung the body of body of SaulSaul and and his sonshis sons on the wall on the wall

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CHAPTER 2CHAPTER 2

Jericho

David INQUIRED of the LORD… WHERE should I go? (2:1-7)

Gibeah

Jabesh-gilead

E

Ziklag

GathAphek

Beth-shan

Hebron

Jerusalem

Dead (Salt) Sea

E

N

Machpelah – Herodianbuilding marking theburial place Abrahampurchased for Sarah

HEBRON

Jezreel

Mt. Gilboa

Beth-shan

Jabesh-gilead

The men of Jabesh-gilead come to retrieve the bodies of Saul and his sons.

E

Mt. Gilboa

Jezreel

Beth-shan

Jabesh-gilead

E

Remembering their deliverance by Saul from the Ammonites, men from

Jabesh-Gilead retrieve Saul’s body and bury it at Jabesh-gilead.

Jebus

E

Mahanaim

Hebron

Mount Gilboa

Dead (Salt) Sea

Gibeon

The water shaft at Gibeon

Entrance to the Pool of Gibeon

Steps into the water shaft at Gibeon

Jebus

E

Mahanaim

Hebron

Mount Gilboa

Joab’s men kill Abner’s men at Gibeon. Abner kills Joab’s brother Asahel and flees to Mahanaim. Joab returns to Hebron. (2:17-32)

Dead (Salt) Sea

Gibeon

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CHAPTER 3CHAPTER 3

Jebus

E

Mahanaim

Hebron

Gibeon

Mount Gilboa

Insulted by Ishbosheth, Abner deserts him andflees to Hebron where he is murdered by Joab and

Abishai for killing their brother Asahel. (3:6-39)

JerichoDead (Salt) Sea

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CHAPTER 4CHAPTER 4

Jebus

E

Mahanaim

Hebron

Gibeon

Mount Gilboa

Ishbosheth is murdered by the sons of Benjamin. They proudly present his head to David.

JerichoDead (Salt) Sea

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CHAPTER 5CHAPTER 5

Mizpah

Ramah

Jebus (Jerusalem)

Bethlehem

Gibeah

Upper Beth Horon

Kiriath-jearim

Hebron

Ziph

Keilah

Jericho

Maon

Carmel

After ruling from Hebron for 7.5 years, David takes Jebus and makes it his capital –Jerusalem, “the City of David.” (5:7-12)

E

Engedi

Gath

Dead (Salt) Sea

Modern Jerusalem

Western Wall & Plaza

Mount of OlivesE

Dome of the Rock(built in 692) Mount of Olives

Al Aksa Mosque

Muslim Quarter

Jewish Quarter

Area of David’s City (Jebus)

Kidron Valley

The City of David

Valley ofKidron

Tyropoeon Valley

Hinnom Valley

NE Mt. Of Olives

Site of Arauna’sthreshing floor

NW

Kidron Valley

Temple area(Araunah’s

threshing floor)

Stepped Wall

Tyropoeon Valle

y

David’s City (between the Tyropoeon

and Kidron Valleys)

CITY of David CITY of David c. 1915c. 1915

City of David…TodayCity of David…Today

House of Ahiel (10th Century B.C.)

Stepped Wall(City of David)

Site of ancient Jerusalem (stepped retaining wall)