2 Samuel DAVID Ascent to the Throne

2 Samuel CHAPTER 1

Tel Ziklag in the Negev

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

Tel Beth-shan where the Philistines hung the body of Saul and his sons on the wall body of Saul and his sons on the wall

2 Samuel CHAPTER 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 – Herodian building marking the burial place Abraham purchased 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

2 Samuel CHAPTER 3

Jebus E Mahanaim Hebron Gibeon Mount Gilboa Insulted by Ishbosheth, Abner deserts him and flees to Hebron where he is murdered by Joab and Abishai for killing their brother Asahel. (3:6-39 ) Jericho Dead (Salt) Sea

2 Samuel CHAPTER 4

Jebus E Mahanaim Hebron Gibeon Mount Gilboa Ishbosheth is murdered by the sons of Benjamin. They proudly present his head to David. Jericho Dead (Salt) Sea

2 Samuel CHAPTER 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 Olives E 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 of Kidron Tyropoeon Valley Hinnom Valley NE Mt. Of Olives Site of Arauna’s threshing floor

NW Kidron Valley Temple area (Araunah’s threshing floor) Stepped Wall Tyropoeon Valley David’s City (between the Tyropoeon and Kidron Valleys)

CITY of David c. 1915

City of David…Today

House of Ahiel (10th Century B.C.) Stepped Wall (City of David) Site of ancient Jerusalem (stepped retaining wall)