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2Samuel 5
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David Becomes King of Israel and Judah

5Then all the tribes of Israel went to David at Hebron and said to him, "We are your own flesh and blood.H935H7626H3478H1732H2275H559H559H6106H1320
2In the past, even when Saul was still our king, you led the people of Israel in battle, and the LORD promised you that you would lead his people and be their ruler."H865H8032H7586H4428H3318H935H3478H3068H559H7462H5971H3478H5057H3478
3So all the leaders of Israel came to King David at Hebron. He made a sacred alliance with them, they anointed him, and he became king of Israel.H2205H3478H935H4428H2275H4428H1732H3772H1285H2275H6440H3068H4886H1732H4428H3478
4David was thirty years old when he became king, and he ruled for forty years.H1732H7970H8141H1121H4427H4427H705H8141
5He ruled in Hebron over Judah for seven and a half years, and in Jerusalem over all Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.H2275H4427H3063H7651H8141H8337H2320H3389H4427H7970H7969H8141H3478H3063
6The time came when King David and his men set out to attack Jerusalem. The Jebusites, who lived there, thought that David would not be able to conquer the city, and so they said to him, "You will never get in here; even the blind and the crippled could keep you out."H4428H582H3212H3389H2983H3427H776H559H1732H559H5493H5787H6455H935H559H1732H935
7(But David did capture their fortress of Zion, and it became known as "David's City.")H1732H3920H4686H6726H5892H1732
8That day David said to his men, "Does anybody here hate the Jebusites as much as I do? Enough to kill them? Then go up through the water tunnel and attack those poor blind cripples." (That is why it is said, "The blind and the crippled cannot enter the LORD's house.")H1732H559H3117H5060H6794H5221H2983H6455H5787H8130H1732H5315H559H5787H6455H935H1004
9After capturing the fortress, David lived in it and named it "David's City." He built the city around it, starting at the place where land was filled in on the east side of the hill.H1732H3427H4686H7121H5892H1732H1732H1129H5439H4407H1004
10He grew stronger all the time, because the LORD God Almighty was with him.H1732H3212H1980H1419H3068H430H6635
11King Hiram of Tyre sent a trade mission to David; he provided him with cedar logs and with carpenters and stone masons to build a palace.H2438H4428H6865H7971H4397H1732H730H6086H2796H7023H68H1129H1732H1004
12And so David realized that the LORD had established him as king of Israel and was making his kingdom prosperous for the sake of his people.H1732H3045H3068H3559H4428H3478H5375H4467H5971H3478
13After moving from Hebron to Jerusalem, David took more concubines and wives, and had more sons and daughters.H1732H3947H6370H802H3389H310H935H2275H1121H1323H3205H1732
14The following children were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,H8034H3209H3389H8051H7727H5416H8010
15Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,H2984H474H5298H3309
16Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.H476H450H467

Victory over the Philistines

17The Philistines were told that David had been made king of Israel, so their army set out to capture him. When David heard of it, he went down to a fortified place.H6430H8085H4886H1732H4428H3478H6430H5927H1245H1732H1732H8085H3381H4686
18The Philistines arrived at Rephaim Valley and occupied it.H6430H935H5203H6010H7497
19David asked the LORD, "Shall I attack the Philistines? Will you give me the victory?" "Yes, attack!" the LORD answered. "I will give you the victory!"H1732H7592H3068H559H5927H6430H5414H3027H3068H559H1732H5927H5414H5414H6430H3027
20So David went to Baal Perazim and there he defeated the Philistines. He said, "The LORD has broken through my enemies like a flood." And so that place is called Baal Perazim.H1732H935H1188H1732H5221H559H3068H6555H341H6440H6556H4325H7121H8034H4725H1188
21When the Philistines fled, they left their idols behind, and David and his men carried them away.H5800H6091H1732H582H5375
22Then the Philistines went back to Rephaim Valley and occupied it again.H6430H5927H3254H5203H6010H7497
23Once more David consulted the LORD, who answered, "Don't attack them from here, but go around and get ready to attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees.H1732H7592H3068H559H5927H5437H310H935H4136H1057
24When you hear the sound of marching in the treetops, then attack because I will be marching ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army."H8085H6963H6807H7218H1057H2782H3068H3318H6440H5221H4264H6430
25David did what the LORD had commanded, and was able to drive the Philistines back from Geba all the way to Gezer.H1732H6213H3068H6680H5221H6430H1387H935H1507


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