First Reading 2 Samuel 11:1–15 In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants

First Reading 2 Samuel 7:1–14a Now when the king lived in his house and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,

First Reading 2 Samuel 6:1–5, 12b-19 David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. And David arose and went with all the

First Reading 2 Samuel 5:1–5, 9-10 (omitted verses in italics) Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we

First Reading 1 Samuel 17: (1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49 (Optional verses in italics, omitted verses indented) Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle.  And