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.
