What Is The Book/chapter In The Bible On David And Jonathan

I would like to read the whole story of David. What chapter and book does it start and end, in the Bible?

You will have to read both stories about David if you want the whole story, because the story of David that we find in the Deuteronomic History is very different from that we find in the Book of Chronicles.The Deuteronomic History’s story of David begins in 1 Samuel chapter 16. A final attempted coup against David leads to him anointing Solomon as his successor in 1 Kings chapter 1, with 1 Kings chapter 2 a story of his death and burial.The Book of Ruth provides some information on the ancestry of David, although be aware that most biblical scholars say Ruth is a work of fiction. The alternative story of David begins, in 1 Chronicles chapter 2, by copying the ancestry of David from the Book of Ruth. Whereas 1 Kings says that David anointed Solomon on his death bed, 1 Chronicles chapter 29 says that, while still apparently healthy and full of life, he announced Solomon to be his successor. Some of the more imaginative stories are missing from this account, including David slaying Goliath, as are the attempted coups against David’s reign.An interesting diversion points to the time of authorship of the Book of Chronicles. 2 Samuel 24:1 says that God moved David to take a census of all the people, whereas the parallel account in 1 Chronicles 21:1 says that Satan provoked David to take the census. Biblical scholars say that Satan only entered Jewish belief during the Babylonian Exile, so this reference in 1 Chronicles 21:1 is one of the pointers to the Book of Chronicles being written after the Babylonian Exile.