Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, had no children to the day of her death.

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.

So David said to Uriah, “Stay here another day. Tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem both that day and the following one.

So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, “The king is grieved over his son.”

Now Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely returned, Mephibosheth had not cared for his feet nor trimmed his mustache nor washed his clothes.

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from defeating the Amalekites, he stayed at Ziklag for two days.

They went through all the land and after nine months and twenty days came back to Jerusalem.

But Absalom fled and went to King Talmai son of Ammihud of Geshur. And David grieved over his son every day.

Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together for me in three days, and you be present here with them too.”

Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers.

David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, “How will the ark of the Lord ever come to me?”

Perhaps the Lord will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”

Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day in Israel?

The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.

That day the people stole away to go to the city the way people who are embarrassed steal away in fleeing from battle.

The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. The slaughter there was great that day – 20,000 soldiers were killed.

All the people and all Israel realized on that day that the killing of Abner son of Ner was not done at the king’s instigation.

David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day.

So Gad went to David that day and told him, “Go up and build an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

In those days Ahithophel’s advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel.