ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 5
1. Then came[H935] all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] to David[H1732] unto Hebron[H2275], and spake[H559], saying[H559], Behold[H6106], we are thy bone and thy flesh[H1320].
2. In times past[H865], when Saul[H7586] was king[H4428] over us[H3318], it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in[H935] Israel[H3478]: and Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] to thee[H7462], Thou shalt be shepherd of my people[H5971] Israel[H3478], and thou shalt be prince[H5057] over Israel[H3478].
3. So all the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478] came[H935] to the king[H4428] to Hebron[H2275]; and king[H4428] David[H1732] made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with them in Hebron[H2275] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068]: and they anointed[H4886] David[H1732] king[H4428] over Israel[H3478].
4. David[H1732] was thirty[H7970] years[H8141] old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427], and he reigned[H4427] forty[H705] years[H8141].
5. In Hebron[H2275] he reigned[H4427] over Judah[H3063] seven[H7651] years[H8141] and six[H8337] months[H2320]; and in Jerusalem[H3389] he reigned[H4427] thirty[H7970] and three[H7969] years[H8141] over all Israel[H3478] and Judah[H3063].
6. And the king[H4428] and his men[H582] went[H3212] to Jerusalem[H3389] against the Jebusites[H2983], the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776], who spake[H559] unto David[H1732], saying[H559], Except thou take away[H5493] the blind[H5787] and the lame[H6455], thou shalt not come in[H935] hither[H559]; thinking, David[H1732] cannot come in hither[H935].
7. Nevertheless David[H1732] took[H3920] the stronghold[H4686] of Zion[H6726]; the same is the city[H5892] of David[H1732].
8. And David[H1732] said[H559] on that day[H3117], Whosoever smiteth[H5221] the Jebusites[H2983], let him get up[H5060] to the watercourse[H6794], and smite the lame[H6455] and the blind[H5787], that are hated[H8130] of David[H1732]'s soul[H5315]. Wherefore they say[H559], There are the blind[H5787] and the lame[H6455]; he cannot come[H935] into the house[H1004].
9. And David[H1732] dwelt[H3427] in the stronghold[H4686], and called[H7121] it the city[H5892] of David[H1732]. And David[H1732] built[H1129] round about[H5439] from Millo[H4407] and inward[H1004].
10. And David[H1732] waxed[H3212] greater[H1419] and greater[H1980]; for Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of hosts[H6635], was with him.
11. And Hiram[H2438] king[H4428] of Tyre[H6865] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] to David[H1732], and[H730] cedar-trees[H6086], and carpenters[H2796], and masons[H7023]; and they built[H1129] David[H1732] a house[H1004].
12. And David[H1732] perceived[H3045] that Jehovah[H3068] had established[H3559] him king[H4428] over Israel[H3478], and that he had exalted[H5375] his kingdom[H4467] for his people[H5971] Israel[H3478]'s sake.
13. And David[H1732] took[H3947] him more concubines[H6370] and wives[H802] out of Jerusalem[H3389], after[H310] he was come[H935] from Hebron[H2275]; and there were yet sons[H1121] and daughters[H1323] born[H3205] to David[H1732].
14. And these are the names[H8034] of those that were born[H3209] unto him in Jerusalem[H3389]: Shammua[H8051], and Shobab[H7727], and Nathan[H5416], and Solomon[H8010],
15. and Ibhar[H2984], and Elishua[H474], and Nepheg[H5298], and Japhia[H3309],
16. and Elishama[H476], and Eliada[H450], and Eliphelet[H467].
17. And when the Philistines[H6430] heard[H8085] that they had anointed[H4886] David[H1732] king[H4428] over Israel[H3478], all the Philistines[H6430] went up[H5927] to seek[H1245] David[H1732]; and David[H1732] heard[H8085] of it[H3381], and went down to the stronghold[H4686].
18. Now the Philistines[H6430] had come[H935] and spread[H5203] themselves in the valley[H6010] of Rephaim[H7497].
19. And David[H1732] inquired[H7592] of Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], Shall I go up[H5927] against the Philistines[H6430]? wilt thou deliver[H5414] them into my hand[H3027]? And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto David[H1732], Go up[H5927]; for I will certainly[H5414] deliver[H5414] the Philistines[H6430] into thy hand[H3027].
20. And David[H1732] came[H935] to Baal-perazim[H1188], and David[H1732] smote[H5221] them there[H559]; and he said, Jehovah[H3068] hath broken[H6555] mine enemies[H341] before[H6440] me[H6556], like the breach of waters[H4325]. Therefore he called[H7121] the name[H8034] of that place[H4725] Baal-perazim[H1188].
21. And they left[H5800] their images[H6091] there[H1732]; and David and his men[H582] took them away[H5375].
22. And the Philistines[H6430] came up[H5927] yet again[H3254], and spread[H5203] themselves in the valley[H6010] of Rephaim[H7497].
23. And when David[H1732] inquired[H7592] of Jehovah[H3068], he said[H559], Thou shalt not go up[H5927]: make a circuit[H5437] behind[H310] them[H935], and come upon them over against[H4136] the mulberry-trees[H1057].
24. And it shall be[H8085], when thou hearest the sound[H6963] of marching[H6807] in the tops[H7218] of the mulberry-trees[H1057], that then thou shalt bestir[H2782] thyself[H3068]; for then is Jehovah gone out[H3318] before[H6440] thee to smite[H5221] the host[H4264] of the Philistines[H6430].
25. And David[H1732] did so[H6213], as Jehovah[H3068] commanded[H6680] him[H5221], and smote the Philistines[H6430] from Geba[H1387] until thou come[H935] to Gezer[H1507].
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