2Samuel 5:4 - Prayer Tents

2Samuel 5

David, King of Israel

5All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Here we are, your own flesh and blood.H935H7626H3478H1732H2275H559H559H6106H13202Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out [to battle] and brought us back. The LORD also said to you, 'You will shepherd My people Israel and be ruler over Israel.'"H865H8032H7586H4428H3318H935H3478H3068H559H7462H5971H3478H5057H34783So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. King David made a covenant with them at Hebron in the LORD's presence, and they anointed David king over Israel.H2205H3478H935H4428H2275H4428H1732H3772H1285H2275H6440H3068H4886H1732H4428H34784David was 30 years old when he began his reign; he reigned 40 years.H1732H7970H8141H1121H4427H4427H705H81415In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned 33 years over all Israel and Judah.H2275H4427H3063H7651H8141H8337H2320H3389H4427H7970H7969H8141H3478H30636The king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites had said to David: "You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you," thinking, "David can't get in here."H4428H582H3212H3389H2983H3427H776H559H1732H559H5493H5787H6455H935H559H1732H9357Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, the city of David.H1732H3920H4686H6726H5892H17328He said that day, "Whoever attacks the Jebusites must go through the water shaft to reach the lame and the blind who are despised by David." For this reason it is said, "The blind and the lame will never enter the house."H1732H559H3117H5060H6794H5221H2983H6455H5787H8130H1732H5315H559H5787H6455H935H10049David took up residence in the stronghold, which he named the city of David. He built it up all the way around from the supporting terraces inward.H1732H3427H4686H7121H5892H1732H1732H1129H5439H4407H100410David became more and more powerful, and the LORD God of Hosts was with him.H1732H3212H1980H1419H3068H430H663511King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David; [he also sent] cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.H2438H4428H6865H7971H4397H1732H730H6086H2796H7023H68H1129H1732H100412Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.H1732H3045H3068H3559H4428H3478H5375H4467H5971H347813After he arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.H1732H3947H6370H802H3389H310H935H2275H1121H1323H3205H173214These are the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,H8034H3209H3389H8051H7727H5416H801015Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,H2984H474H5298H330916Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.H476H450H46717When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of David, but he heard about it and went down to the stronghold.H6430H8085H4886H1732H4428H3478H6430H5927H1245H1732H1732H8085H3381H468618So the Philistines came and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.H6430H935H5203H6010H749719Then David inquired of the LORD: "Should I go to war against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The LORD replied to David, "Go, for I will certainly hand the Philistines over to you."H1732H7592H3068H559H5927H6430H5414H3027H3068H559H1732H5927H5414H5414H6430H302720So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated them there and said, "Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me." Therefore, he named that place the Lord Bursts Out.H1732H935H1188H1732H5221H559H3068H6555H341H6440H6556H4325H7121H8034H4725H118821The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.H5800H6091H1732H582H537522The Philistines came up again and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.H6430H5927H3254H5203H6010H749723So David inquired of the Lord, and He answered, "Do not make a frontal assault. Circle around behind them and attack them opposite the balsam trees.H1732H7592H3068H559H5927H5437H310H935H4136H105724When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, act decisively, for then the LORD will have marched out ahead of you to attack the camp of the Philistines."H8085H6963H6807H7218H1057H2782H3068H3318H6440H5221H4264H643025So David did exactly as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.H1732H6213H3068H6680H5221H6430H1387H935H1507