2 Samuel 5

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1. 1All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Look, we are your own flesh and blood."
2. 2Even when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel and be a leader over Israel.'
3. 3So all the elders of Israel came to King David at Hebron, and he made a covenant with them there before the LORD. Then they anointed David king over all Israel.
4. 4David was 30 years old when he became king, and he reigned for 40 years.
5. 5He ruled over Judah from Hebron for 7 years and 6 months, and then he ruled over all Israel and Judah from Jerusalem for 33 years.
6. 6David and his men went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land. The Jebusites said to David, 'You will not get in here unless you remove the blind and the lame,' thinking, 'David cannot get in here.'
7. 7But David captured the fortress of Zion — which became known as the City of David.
8. 8That day David said, "Whoever goes up to the gutter and strikes the Jebusites, as well as the lame and blind who are hated by David's soul, will be chief and captain." Therefore they said, "The blind and the lame will not come into the house."
9. 9David moved into the fortress and named it the City of David. He then built up the area all around it, from the Millo inward.
10. 10David kept growing more and more powerful, because the LORD God of hosts was with him.
11. 11King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace for David.
12. 12David recognized that the LORD had firmly established him as king over Israel and had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
13. 13After moving from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
14. 14These are the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
15. 15Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
16. 16Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphalet.
17. 17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines came to seek David; and David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.
18. 18The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim.
19. 19David asked the LORD, "Should I attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The LORD answered, "Go! I will absolutely deliver the Philistines into your hands."
20. 20David went to Baalperazim and defeated them there. He said, "The LORD has burst through my enemies in front of me like a flood of waters." That's why the place was named Baalperazim.
21. 21The Philistines left their images there, and David and his men burned them.
22. 22But the Philistines came back again and spread out across the valley of Rephaim.
23. 23David asked the LORD again, and the LORD said, "Do not go up directly; instead, circle around behind them and approach from the direction of the mulberry trees."
24. 24When you hear the sound of movement in the tops of the mulberry trees, rouse yourself, for then the LORD will go out before you to strike the Philistine army.
25. 25David did exactly what the LORD commanded, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.