King David

The struggles of a king

King Saul, the king of Israel, was impressed by David’s victory over Goliath.

Saul made David the leader over his armies.

David loved the Lord and always wanted to do what was right.

The people of Israel loved David.

Saul grew jealous and tried to kill David.

But David followed the Lord, and the Lord protected him from Saul.

The Israelites fought in many wars.

One day Saul and his sons died in battle.

David loved them and was very sad to learn of their deaths.

Now the Israelites needed a new king.

The Lord chose David to be the king.

The people were happy.

The Lord blessed King David and guided him.

With the Lord's help, David's army conquered their enemies.

One day when David was supposed to go to battle, he stayed home.

He saw a beautiful woman.

Her name was Bathsheba, and David wanted to marry her.

But she was already married to Uriah, a soldier in David's army.

David wanted to marry Bathsheba, so he sent her husband Uriah into a dangerous battle so that Uriah would be killed.

Soon David learned that Uriah died in battle.

David sent his servants to bring Bathsheba to his house, and he married her.

But the Lord was not happy with what David had done.

The Lord sent Nathan, a prophet, to tell David how serious his sin was.

David grew very sad for what he had done to Uriah and Bathsheba.

He prayed and fasted for forgiveness from the Lord.