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2 Samuel 5:1 |
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Then came all the tribes of Israel to David
unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. |
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2 Samuel 5:2 |
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Also in time past, when Saul was king over us,
thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee,
Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. |
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2 Samuel 5:3 |
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So all the elders of Israel came to the king
to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and
they anointed David king over Israel. |
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2 Samuel 5:4 |
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David was thirty years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned forty years. |
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2 Samuel 5:5 |
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In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years
and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel
and Judah. |
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2 Samuel 5:6 |
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And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto
the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except
thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking,
David cannot come in hither. |
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2 Samuel 5:7 |
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Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion:
the same is the city of David. |
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2 Samuel 5:8 |
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And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth
up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are
hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The
blind and the lame shall not come into the house. |
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2 Samuel 5:9 |
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So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the
city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. |
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2 Samuel 5:10 |
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And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD
God of hosts was with him. |
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2 Samuel 5:11 |
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And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David,
and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. |
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2 Samuel 5:12 |
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And David perceived that the LORD had established
him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's
sake. |
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2 Samuel 5:13 |
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And David took him more concubines and wives
out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters
born to David. |
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2 Samuel 5:14 |
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And these be the names of those that were born
unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, |
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2 Samuel 5:15 |
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Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, |
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2 Samuel 5:16 |
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And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. |
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2 Samuel 5:17 |
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But when the Philistines heard that they had
anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and
David heard of it, and went down to the hold. |
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2 Samuel 5:18 |
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The Philistines also came and spread themselves
in the valley of Rephaim. |
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2 Samuel 5:19 |
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And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall
I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD
said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine
hand. |
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2 Samuel 5:20 |
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And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote
them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me,
as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim. |
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2 Samuel 5:21 |
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And there they left their images, and David
and his men burned them. |
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2 Samuel 5:22 |
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And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread
themselves in the valley of Rephaim. |
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2 Samuel 5:23 |
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And when David enquired of the LORD, he said,
Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over
against the mulberry trees. |
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2 Samuel 5:24 |
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And let it be, when thou hearest the sound
of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself:
for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. |
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2 Samuel 5:25 |
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And David did so, as the LORD had commanded
him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. |
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