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The LORD said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.'" <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the LORD said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.’”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the LORD. They designated David as king over Israel.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites said to David, "You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, 'David cannot invade this place!'" <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, “You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off”—thinking, “David cannot come in here.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the city of David).<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">David said on that day, "Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the 'lame' and the 'blind' who are David's enemies by going through the water tunnel." For this reason it is said, "The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace." <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David said on that day, “Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him get up the water shaft to attack ‘the lame and the blind,’ who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore it is said, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built the city all around from the Millo inward.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">David's power grew steadily, for the LORD God who commands armies was with him. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David became greater and greater, for the LORD, the God of hosts, was with him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace for David.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David knew that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When the Philistines heard that David had been designated king over Israel, they all went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So David asked the LORD, "Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The LORD said to David, "March up, for I will indeed hand the Philistines over to you." <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” And the LORD said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So David marched against Baal Perazim and defeated them there. Then he said, "The LORD has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out." So he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David came to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. And he said, “The LORD has broken through my enemies before me like a breaking flood.” Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men picked them up. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The Philistines again came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the Philistines came up yet again and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So David asked the LORD what he should do. This time the LORD said to him, "Don't march straight up. Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, “You shall not go up; go around to their rear, and come against them opposite the balsam trees.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, act decisively. For at that moment the LORD is going before you to strike down the army of the Philistines."<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then rouse yourself, for then the LORD has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">David did just as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from Gibeon all the way to Gezer. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David did as the LORD commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba to Gezer.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%"><a href "//netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. //netbible.com. 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