2Samuel 5:5 - Prayer Tents

David Becomes King Over Israel

5All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "We are your own flesh and blood.H935H7626H3478H1732H2275H559H559H6106H13202In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the LORD said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.'"H865H8032H7586H4428H3318H935H3478H3068H559H7462H5971H3478H5057H34783When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a compact with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.H2205H3478H935H4428H2275H4428H1732H3772H1285H2275H6440H3068H4886H1732H4428H34784David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.H1732H7970H8141H1121H4427H4427H705H81415In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.H2275H4427H3063H7651H8141H8337H2320H3389H4427H7970H7969H8141H3478H3063

David Conquers Jerusalem

6The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, "You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off." They thought, "David cannot get in here."H4428H582H3212H3389H2983H3427H776H559H1732H559H5493H5787H6455H935H559H1732H9357Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion, the City of David.H1732H3920H4686H6726H5892H17328On that day, David said, "Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those 'lame and blind' who are David's enemies." That is why they say, "The 'blind and lame' will not enter the palace."H1732H559H3117H5060H6794H5221H2983H6455H5787H8130H1732H5315H559H5787H6455H935H10049David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the supporting terraces inward.H1732H3427H4686H7121H5892H1732H1732H1129H5439H4407H100410And he became more and more powerful, because the LORD God Almighty was with him.H1732H3212H1980H1419H3068H430H663511Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.H2438H4428H6865H7971H4397H1732H730H6086H2796H7023H68H1129H1732H100412And 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 left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.H1732H3947H6370H802H3389H310H935H2275H1121H1323H3205H173214These are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,H8034H3209H3389H8051H7727H5416H801015Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,H2984H474H5298H330916Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet.H476H450H467

David Defeats the Philistines

17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold.H6430H8085H4886H1732H4428H3478H6430H5927H1245H1732H1732H8085H3381H468618Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;H6430H935H5203H6010H749719so David inquired of the LORD, "Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The LORD answered him, "Go, for I will surely hand the Philistines over to you."H1732H7592H3068H559H5927H6430H5414H3027H3068H559H1732H5927H5414H5414H6430H302720So David went to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, "As waters break out, the LORD has broken out against my enemies before me." So that place was called Baal Perazim.H1732H935H1188H1732H5221H559H3068H6555H341H6440H6556H4325H7121H8034H4725H118821The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.H5800H6091H1732H582H537522Once more the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;H6430H5927H3254H5203H6010H749723so David inquired of the LORD, and he answered, "Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.H1732H7592H3068H559H5927H5437H310H935H4136H105724As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because that will mean the LORD has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army."H8085H6963H6807H7218H1057H2782H3068H3318H6440H5221H4264H643025So David did as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.H1732H6213H3068H6680H5221H6430H1387H935H1507