2Sam 5
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Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold,
we are your bone and your flesh.
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In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you that led out and brought in
Israel: and YHWH said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall
be prince over Israel.
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So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant
with them in Hebron before YHWH: and they anointed David king over Israel.
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David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
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In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned
thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
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And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants
of the land, who spoke to David, saying, Except you take away the blind and the lame,
you shall not come in here; thinking, David cannot come in here.
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Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
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And David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse,
and [smite] the lame and the blind, that are hated of David`s soul. Wherefore they
say, There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house.
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And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built
round about from Millo and inward.
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And David waxed greater and greater; for YHWH, the God of hosts, was with him.
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And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters,
and masons; and they built David a house.
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And David perceived that YHWH had established him king over Israel, and that he had
exalted his kingdom for his people Israel`s sake.
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And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from
Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
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And these are the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and
Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
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and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
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and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.
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And when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all
the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the
stronghold.
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Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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And David inquired of YHWH, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? will you
deliver them into my hand? And YHWH said to David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver
the Philistines into your hand.
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And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, YHWH has
broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he called the
name of that place Baal-perazim.
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And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.
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And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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And when David inquired of YHWH, he said, You shall not go up: make a circuit behind
them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.
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And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees,
that then you shall bestir yourself; for then is YHWH gone out before you to smite
the host of the Philistines.
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And David did so, as YHWH commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba until
you come to Gezer.