VITAL Life Application Devotions

1 Chronicles 12:38-40   New International Version     38 All these were fighting men who volunteered to serve in the ranks. They came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of the Israelites were also of one mind to make David...

1 Chronicles 11:1-3   New International Version     David Becomes King Over Israel 11 All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood. 2 In the past, even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military...

2 Samuel 5:1-5   New International Version     David Becomes King Over Israel 5 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood. 2 In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military...

2 Samuel 23:11-17   New International Version     11 Next to him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines banded together at a place where there was a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them. 12 But Shammah took his stand in the middle...

2 Samuel 2:1-7   New International Version     David Anointed King Over Judah 2 In the course of time, David inquired of the Lord. “Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” he asked. The Lord said, “Go up.” David asked, “Where shall I go?” “To...

2 Samuel 1:23-27   New International Version     23 Saul and Jonathan—     in life they were loved and admired,     and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles,     they were stronger than lions. 24 “Daughters of Israel,     weep for Saul, who...

2 Samuel 1:13-15   New International Version     13 David said to the young man who brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite,” he answered. 14 David asked him, “Why weren’t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy...