2Samuel 5:23 - Prayer Tents

2Samuel 5

David King over All Israel

5Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.H935H7626H3478H1732H2275H559H559H6106H13202"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.'"H865H8032H7586H4428H3318H935H3478H3068H559H7462H5971H3478H5057H34783So 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.H2205H3478H935H4428H2275H4428H1732H3772H1285H2275H6440H3068H4886H1732H4428H34784David was thirty years old when he became king, [and] he reigned forty years.H1732H7970H8141H1121H4427H4427H705H81415At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.H2275H4427H3063H7651H8141H8337H2320H3389H4427H7970H7969H8141H3478H30636Now 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 shall turn you away"; thinking, "David cannot enter here."H4428H582H3212H3389H2983H3427H776H559H1732H559H5493H5787H6455H935H559H1732H9357Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is the city of David.H1732H3920H4686H6726H5892H17328And 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."H1732H559H3117H5060H6794H5221H2983H6455H5787H8130H1732H5315H559H5787H6455H935H10049So David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.H1732H3427H4686H7121H5892H1732H1732H1129H5439H4407H100410And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of hosts was with him.H1732H3212H1980H1419H3068H430H663511Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David.H2438H4428H6865H7971H4397H1732H730H6086H2796H7023H68H1129H1732H100412And 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.H1732H3045H3068H3559H4428H3478H5375H4467H5971H347813Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.H1732H3947H6370H802H3389H310H935H2275H1121H1323H3205H173214Now these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,H8034H3209H3389H8051H7727H5416H801015Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,H2984H474H5298H330916Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet.H476H450H467

War with the Philistines

17When 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.H6430H8085H4886H1732H4428H3478H6430H5927H1245H1732H1732H8085H3381H468618Now the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.H6430H935H5203H6010H749719Then David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Wilt Thou give them into my hand?" And the LORD said to David, "Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand."H1732H7592H3068H559H5927H6430H5414H3027H3068H559H1732H5927H5414H5414H6430H302720So 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.H1732H935H1188H1732H5221H559H3068H6555H341H6440H6556H4325H7121H8034H4725H118821And they abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.H5800H6091H1732H582H537522Now the Philistines came up once again and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.H6430H5927H3254H5203H6010H749723And 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.H1732H7592H3068H559H5927H5437H310H935H4136H105724"And 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."H8085H6963H6807H7218H1057H2782H3068H3318H6440H5221H4264H643025Then David did so, just as the LORD had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.H1732H6213H3068H6680H5221H6430H1387H935H1507