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David
King over All Israel |
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| 2 Samuel 5:1 |
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Then all the tribes of Israel came to David
at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:2 |
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Previously, when Saul was king over us, you
were the one who led Israel out and in. And the LORD said to you, 'You will shepherd
My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.'" |
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| 2 Samuel 5:3 |
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So all the elders of Israel came to the king
at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the LORD at Hebron;
then 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 became king,
and he reigned forty years. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:5 |
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At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years
and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel
and Judah. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:6 |
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Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against
the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to David, "You shall
not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away"; thinking, "David
cannot enter here." |
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| 2 Samuel 5:7 |
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Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold
of Zion, that is the city of David. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:8 |
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David said on that day, "Whoever would strike
the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind, who are hated by David's
soul, through the water tunnel." Therefore they say, "The blind or the lame shall
not come into the house." |
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| 2 Samuel 5:9 |
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So David lived in the stronghold and called
it the city of David. And David built all around from the tMillo and inward. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:10 |
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David became greater and greater, for the LORD
God of hosts was with him. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:11 |
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Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David
with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:12 |
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And David realized that the LORD had established
him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His
people Israel. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:13 |
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Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives
from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born
to David. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:14 |
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Now these are the names of those who were born
to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, |
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| 2 Samuel 5:15 |
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Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, |
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| 2 Samuel 5:16 |
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Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet. |
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War
with the Philistines |
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| 2 Samuel 5:17 |
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When the Philistines heard that they had anointed
David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when
David heard of it, he went down to the stronghold. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:18 |
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Now the Philistines came and spread themselves
out in the valley of Rephaim. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:19 |
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Then David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall
I go up against the Philistines? Will You give them into my hand?" And the LORD
said to David, "Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand." |
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| 2 Samuel 5:20 |
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So David came to Baal-perazim and defeated them
there; and he said, "The LORD has broken through my enemies before me like the
breakthrough of waters." Therefore he named that place Baal-perazim. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:21 |
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They abandoned their idols there, so David and
his men carried them away. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:22 |
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Now the Philistines came up once again and spread
themselves out in the valley of Rephaim. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:23 |
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When David inquired of the LORD, He said, "You
shall not go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in front
of the balsam trees. |
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| 2 Samuel 5:24 |
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It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching
in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall act promptly, for then the LORD
will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines." |
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| 2 Samuel 5:25 |
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Then David did so, just as the LORD had commanded
him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer. |
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