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[1]Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and said thus, Behold, we are thy bones and thy flesh. |
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[2]And in time past when Saul was our king, thou leddest Israel in and out: and the Lord hath said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. |
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[3]So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron: and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel. |
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[4]David was thirty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned forty years. |
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[5]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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[6]The king also and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: who spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking that David could not come thither. |
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[7]But David took the fort of Zion: this is the city of David. |
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[8]Now David had said the same day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, and getteth up to the gutters and smiteth the lame and blind, which David's soul hateth, I will prefer him: therefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into that house. |
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[9]So David dwelt in that fort, and called it the city of David, and David built round about it, from Millo, and inward. |
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[10]And David prospered and grew: for the Lord God of hosts was with him. |
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[11]Hiram also king of Tyrus sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walls: and they built David an house. |
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[12]Then David knew that the Lord had stablished him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. |
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[13]And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David. |
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[14]And these be the names of the sons that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, |
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[15]And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, |
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[16]And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. |
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[17]But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David: and when David heard, he went down to a fort. |
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[18]But the Philistines came, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. |
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[19]Then David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? Wilt thou deliver them into mine hands? And the Lord answered David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hands. |
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[20]Then David came to Baal-perazim, and smote them there, and said, The Lord hath divided mine enemies asunder before me, as waters be divided asunder: therefore he called the name of that place, Baal-perazim. |
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[21]And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. |
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[22]Again the Philistines came up, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. |
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[23]And when David asked counsel of the Lord, he answered, Thou shalt not go up , but turn about behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. |
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[24]And when thou hearest the noise of one going in the tops of the mulberry trees, then remove: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. |
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[25]Then David did so as the Lord had commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba, until thou come to Gazer. |