All the Stories of the Bible - 90 Seconds Each

https://www.btstories.com/davids-kingdom-restored/Hearing of Absalom’s death, David went up tothe gate chamber and cried in anguish. “My sonAbsalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I haddied instead of you! Absalom, my son, my son!”

https://www.btstories.com/absaloms-defeat/The Lord caused Absalom to ignore Ahithophel’sadvice, even though it was better. He decidedto follow the advice of Hushai. When Ahithophelheard this, he knew that David would win the war.So he went to his hometown, set his affairs inorder, and hung himself.

https://www.btstories.com/running-to-the-king/It was prearranged that two runners would deliverto David any communication from Hushai. SoHushai sent a message to the two men, deliveredby a servant girl. It said, “Run to the king and tellhim, ‘It’s not safe to stay on this side of the JordanRiver. Cross over to the other side.’”

https://www.btstories.com/absaloms-revolt/Absalom systematically gained the loyalty of thenorthern tribes of Israel. A date was finally set forthem to declare him king. He even enlisted thehelp of Ahithophel, one of David’s advisors, a manknown for his great wisdom.

https://www.btstories.com/absaloms-return/After three years, David started to miss his sonAbsalom. Joab noticed this, so he hired an actressand told her what to do and say.

https://www.btstories.com/tamar/Amnon was David’s oldest son—and his favorite.Amnon wanted his half-sister Tamar, who wasbeautiful and a virgin. He longed to go to bed withher.

https://www.btstories.com/nathans-story/Nathan the prophet stood before David and said,“There were two men who lived in the same city.One was rich with a large herd of cattle and a largeflock of sheep. The other was poor. He only hadone small lamb, but she was like a daughter to him,and grew up with his children as a pet.

https://www.btstories.com/bathsheba/In the spring, the army of Israel once againattacked the Ammonites. David decided to stay inJerusalem and not join his men on the battlefield.

https://www.btstories.com/ammonites/David was a friend with the king of the Ammonites.When the king died, David sent a group of menwith a message of comfort to the new king. TheAmmonite leaders told their king, “These men arescouting out our city to see where we are weak!”

https://www.btstories.com/building-an-empire/David started thinking about building a Temple forthe Lord. He said to the prophet of God, “I live in abeautiful palace, while the Ark of God remains in atent!”

https://www.btstories.com/city-of-the-people/The Ark of God had been ignored during Saul’sreign as king. David decided to bring the Ark toJerusalem, his new capital. Th

https://www.btstories.com/davids-mighty-men/David had developed a group of 30 men thatwere the core of his fighting force. Abishai, Joab’sbrother, led the group because of his bravery.

https://www.btstories.com/david-made-king/Ish-bosheth was a weak king, totally dependent onAbner’s support. The commander finally decidedto contact David and establish him as king over allof Israel. Once the agreement was decided upon,Abner finalized it with the elders of Israel. He andDavid had a banquet to celebrate their alliance.

https://www.btstories.com/joab-abner/The men of Judah went to David and made himking of their tribe. All the other tribes followed theleadership of Abner, the commander of Saul’sarmy. He took Ish-bosheth, a son of King Saul, andmade him king. The two sides went to war.

https://www.btstories.com/death-of-saul-jonathan/The war between the Philistines and Israel wasfierce, and many Israelites died. Three of Saul’ssons were killed, including Jonathan. Suddenly anarrow hit Saul and he knew he was about to die.He turned to the man who carried his armor. “Pullout your sword and kill me. If these pagans find mealive, they’ll torture me until I’m dead.”

https://www.btstories.com/the-witch-of-endor/Saul put on a disguise, took two servants, andwent to the woman’s house who lived in Endor. Hehad asked the Lord for guidance, but God didn’ttalk to him. He longed to talk to Samuel, but hewas dead. The king said to the woman, “I want youto bring up a spirit for me.”

https://www.btstories.com/staying-by-the-stuff/The king of the Philistines came to trust Davidand his men. He said to David, “You’ll march withme as we invade Israel. I want your men to be mypersonal bodyguards.”

https://www.btstories.com/sparing-gods-anointed/Saul once again went after David. That night, heslept next to Abner, the commander of the army,with their men circled around them. The Lordcaused a deep sleep to come over all of them.

https://www.btstories.com/abigail/Nabal was mean and harsh, but his wife Abigailwas a beautiful woman and more practical in howshe dealt with others. David and his men livedin the same area. This kept foreign raiders fromstealing from Nabal’s herds.

https://www.btstories.com/sparing-sauls-life/David and his men were running from King Saul.So they went to a canyon called En-Gedi. Hearingthis, Saul took his best soldiers and went there.

https://www.btstories.com/running-from-saul/David and a few of his men escaped from Saul andwent to Ahimelech, the priest who was in charge ofthe Ark of God. David said, “Please, give us somebread.”

https://www.btstories.com/three-arrows/It was agreed that Jonathan would go to the king’sbanquet without David, and find out the extent ofthe king’s anger towards David.

https://www.btstories.com/protecting-david/King Saul told his guards to go to David’s house inthe morning and kill him. Saul’s daughter, David’swife, heard about this and warned her husband.He escaped and she placed an image in his bedand put goat hair on top of it. She covered it with ablanket. In the morning, she told the guards, “He’ssick in bed.”

https://www.btstories.com/david-earns-a-wife/David was successful as a commander in Saul’sarmy. All the people admired him, and his menbecame loyal to him. One day Saul heard thewomen singing. “Saul has killed thousands. Davidhas killed tens of thousands.”

https://www.btstories.com/goliath/A large Philistine named Goliath stepped forwardand yelled at the army of Israel. “Send someoneout and we’ll fight. If he kills me, we’ll be yourslaves. But if I kill him, you’ll be our slaves.” Hegave this challenge every morning and evening forforty days.

https://www.btstories.com/anointing-david/The Lord said to Samuel, “Take some anointing oiland go to the home of Jesse at Bethlehem. I’veselected one of his sons to become king.”

https://www.btstories.com/sauls-disobedience/God told Saul to totally destroy the Amalekites andnot let any person or animal live. Saul defeated theAmalekites, but didn’t kill everything.

https://www.btstories.com/jonathans-victory/onathan said to his armor bearer, “Let’s go overthere and kill a few Philistines. The Lord isn’tlimited by how many of us there are. We’ll goacross to the rear of the Philistine camp. We’ll letthem see us at the bottom of the cliffs. If they tellus to stop, we’ll come back here. But if they tell usto come up, we’ll consider that a sign from God.We’ll know that the Lord will give us victory.”

https://www.btstories.com/saul-failing-the-test/The Philistines marched into Israel with a massivearmy. The men of Israel were terrified and ran fortheir lives. They hid wherever they could. Someeven left the country. Some even joined thePhilistine army!

https://www.btstories.com/peace-for-an-eye/The Ammonite army went to fight against a city inIsrael. The leaders of the city said to the Ammoniteking, “We’re willing to surrender to you. What areyour terms?”

https://www.btstories.com/king-saul/Saul and his servants were searching for somelost donkeys. They knew Samuel the prophet livedin a village nearby, so they decided to go ask himwhere the donkeys were. The night before, Godhad told Samuel that Saul was coming.

https://www.btstories.com/ebenezer/Samuel gathered the people together so theycould dedicated themselves to God. The Philistinesthought this was an act of war, so they marchedinto the land of Israel. The people were terrified.

https://www.btstories.com/ark-of-god-returned/The Philistines put the Ark of God in to the templeof their god. The next morning, they found theiridol face down in front of the Ark. Suddenly thecity was overrun with mice, and people had largetumors covering their bodies. “This is being causedby the Ark of Israel’s God.”

https://www.btstories.com/ark-of-god-captured/After losing 4,000 men in battle with the Philistines,the elders of Israel had an idea. “We’ll take the Arkof the Lord with us into battle, and it will give usvictory.” So they sent for the Ark of God, and thesons of Eli brought it to the camp.

https://www.btstories.com/call-of-samuel/Hannah begged the Lord to give her a son, andpromised to give him back to serve God for the restof his life. God answered her prayer, and she gavebirth to a son and named him “Samuel.”

https://www.btstories.com/boaz-ruth/At the end of harvest, Naomi said to Ruth, “WhenBoaz and his men are done working at thethreshing floor, they’ll sleep there to protect thegrain. Go there and do as I say, but don’t let themen see you.”

https://www.btstories.com/ruth/A man left Bethlehem and took his family to Moab.It was a disaster! While there, the man died as wellas his two sons. His wife Naomi decided to goback to Bethlehem.

https://www.btstories.com/brides-for-benjamin/The entire nation of Israel united against the tribe ofBenjamin. They declared that any city that refusedto go to battle would be destroyed. They alsoswore an oath that no man would give his daughterto marry a Benjaminite.

https://www.btstories.com/prelude-to-war/A concubine of a Levite left him and went back toher parents. Four months later, the Levite went toher father’s house in hopes she would come backwith him.

https://www.btstories.com/grandson-of-moses/Micah stole some silver from his mother, but gaveit back when he found out she had put a curse onwhoever took it.

https://www.btstories.com/samson-delilah/The Philistines agreed to pay Delilah a largeamount of silver if she could find out the secret ofSamson’s strength. So she asked him, “How cansomeone tie you up in a way that takes away yourpower?”

https://www.btstories.com/foxes-and-a-jawbone/Because Samson was angry, he went home afterthe wedding without taking his wife. Later, he wentback to visit her. His father-in-law said, “I thoughtyou hated my daughter, so I gave her to anotherman. But don’t worry. I have a younger daughter.You can have her.”

https://www.btstories.com/strong-sweet/Arrangements were made for Samson to marrya Philistine woman. Along the way to finalize thewedding plans, a young lion suddenly attackedSamson. The Spirit of God filled him, so hegrabbed the lion and killed it.

https://www.btstories.com/the-birth-of-samson/The angel of the Lord appeared to the woman whohad not been able to bear children.

https://www.btstories.com/jephthahs-vow/When his father died, Jephthah was kicked out ofhis home. Since he was the son of a prostitute, hishalf -brothers didn’t want him to inherit anythingfrom their father. He left and became a great leaderof a gang of thugs.

https://www.btstories.com/king-of-trees/Among his many other sons, Gideon had a sonnamed Abimelech by a concubine in the town ofShechem.

https://www.btstories.com/three-hundred-men/The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too manymen with you. Tell them, ‘Go home if you’reafraid.’” Gideon did, and 22,000 people left,leaving 10,000 men.

https://www.btstories.com/gideons-fleece/A man named Gideon was hiding from theMidianites. The Angel of the Lord came and said,“The Lord is with you, oh mighty warrior. I’msending you to deliver Israel from the Midianites.”

https://www.btstories.com/deborah-barak/A prophet named Deborah judged Israel at a timewhen they were dominated by a cruel Canaaniteking. His army had 900 iron chariots, and hiscommander’s name was Sisera.

https://www.btstories.com/othniel-ehud/The people of Israel starting worshiping false gods,so God gave them to Eglon, the king of Moab whowas extremely fat. When the people begged theLord for mercy, he sent them a judge named Ehud,who was left-handed.