Second Samuel is the story of a king And the course

that followed him They came with

dust from Gilboa With torn click news at break of day

Saul had fallen, Jonathan with him And David wept where the

mighty lay Then Judah raised him up in Hebron Oil and

sorrow on his brow A throne was born through blood and

waiting The Lord had called him to it now From the

caves to the city walls From the cry

to the trumpet call Oh kingdom, rise but not untouched

The harp and sword both answer blood Jerusalem,

lift up your gates A broken man will bear this weight

The crown shines bright, the heart grows thin Mercy calls through

grief and sin Second Samuel, fire and stone A king can

reign and stand alone

He took the heights of Jerusalem

Brought the ark with song and flame Heaven spoke a house

of promise Then the rooftop changed his name Nathan came with

truth and judgment And the child was gone by dawn What

was hidden in the chamber Broke the house he built so

strong Oh kingdom, rise but not untouched The harp and sword

both answer blood Jerusalem,

lift up your gates A broken man will bear this weight

The crown shines bright, the heart grows thin Mercy calls through

grief and sin Second Samuel, fire and stone A king can

reign and stand alone

To

my welt Absalom answered Barefoot David fled the hill Then the

forest took the young man And the father felt it still

Numbers rose and wrath came near Till the altar stayed the

hand Mercy met him on the threshing floor And peace returned

upon the land Oh, kingdom rise, but not untouched The

harp and sword both answer blood Jerusalem, remember this The Lord

still speaks through shattered kings The crown grows dim, but mercy

stays Through ruined homes and broken days Second Samuel fire and

stone No man can stand On strength alone