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David Becomes King Over Israel

All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood.

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David Anointed King over Israel

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

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In 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.’ ”

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Even aforetime, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.

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When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.

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And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel.

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David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

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David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.

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In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.

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In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

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David Conquers Jerusalem

The 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.”

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David Conquers Jerusalem

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they spoke to David, saying, Thou shalt not come in hither, but the blind and the lame will drive thee back; as much as to say, David will not come in hither.

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Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion — which is the City of David.

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But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.

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On that day David had said, “Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those ‘lame and blind’ who are David’s enemies.a” That is why they say, “The ‘blind and lame’ will not enter the palace.”

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And David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites and gets up to the watercourse, and the lame and the blind hated of David's soul ...! Therefore they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

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David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the terracesb inward.

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So David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from the Millo and inward.

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And he became more and more powerful, because the Lord God Almighty was with him.

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And David became continually greater; and Jehovah the God of hosts was with him.

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Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

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And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

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Then David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

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David's Family Grows

And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom because of his people Israel.

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After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

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And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

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These are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

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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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Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

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and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

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Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet.

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and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.

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David Defeats the Philistines

When 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.

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David Defeats the Philistines

And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, and 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 out in the Valley of Rephaim;

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And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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so David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?”
The Lord answered him, “Go, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands.”

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And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou give them into my hand? And Jehovah said to David, Go up; for I will certainly give the Philistines into thy hand.

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So 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.c

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And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, Jehovah has broken in upon mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.

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The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.

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And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

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Once more the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;

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And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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so 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 poplar trees.

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And David inquired of Jehovah; and he said, Thou shalt not go up; turn round behind them and come upon them opposite the mulberry-trees.

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As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, move quickly, because that will mean the Lord has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army.”

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And it shall be, when thou hearest a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then will Jehovah have gone forth before thee, to smite the army of the Philistines.

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So David did as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeond to Gezer.

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And David did so, as Jehovah had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou comest to Gezer.

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