1 Kings 12. After a whopping 3 kings and 120 years, Israel can’t hold together as a single nation and they split north-south.
God kills a man for grabbing onto the Ark of the Covenant when it fell off a cart. 2 Samuel 6:1-15
2 Samuel 11 and 12:1-25. David commits adultery with Bathsheba and then has her husband murdered.
1 Samuel 24 and 26. In these two stories, it seems as though the LORD has the subtlety of a megaphone as He creates two perfect opportunities for David to kill the man who has been trying to kill him. But David refuses to kill “the LORD’s anointed” (1Sa 24:6).
1 Samuel 15. The LORD tells Saul to utterly destroy the nation of Amalek. Saul had a better idea. (It was not a better idea.)
Ruth, a widow, seeks a man to marry in Israel. It is a book of the Bible, but it tells a single story in four chapters.
Joshua chapter 2. Rahab is a non-Israelite prostitute who deceives, largely for her own safety and that of her family. And so… she is praised as a hero of faith in Hebrews 11:31, an example of good works in James 2:25, and she is pivotal in the success of Israel’s conquest of Canaan.
Joshua ch. 7. In what seems to be the very next battle after Jericho, Israel is defeated because of one man’s sin.
Joshua ch. 6. Jericho is the first battle of the conquest of Canaan. The victory is decisive and unquestionably because of God.
Ex. 19:10-20:21 and Ex. 34. A mountain, the finger of God, two tablets of stone, and repeat. Plus, fire, smoke, thunder and lightning.