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King David made a covenant with them<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> at Hebron in the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s presence, and they anointed David king over Israel.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>David was thirty years old when he began his reign;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> he reigned forty years. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> who inhabited the land. The Jebusites had said to David, “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you” thinking, “David can’t get in here.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He said that day, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must go through the water shaft to reach the lame and the blind who are despised by David.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.5.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> For this reason it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the house.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.5.8.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>David took up residence in the stronghold, which he named the city of David. He built it up all the way around from the supporting terraces inward. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>David became more and more powerful,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> God of Armies was with him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David; he also sent cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and they built a palace for David. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then David knew that the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>After he arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>These are the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Solomon, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> they all went in search of David, but he heard about it and went down to the stronghold.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.17.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So the Philistines came and spread out in Rephaim Valley.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then David inquired of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> “Should I attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me? ”</p><p class="scripture">The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> replied to David, “Attack, for I will certainly hand the Philistines over to you.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated them there and said, “Like a bursting flood, the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has burst out against my enemies before me.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Therefore, he named that place The Lord Bursts Out.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.2_Samuel.5.20.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The Philistines came up again and spread out in Rephaim Valley. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So David inquired of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, and he answered, “Do not attack directly, but circle around behind them and come at them opposite the balsam trees. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, act decisively, for then the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> will have gone out ahead of you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.2_Samuel.5.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-2_Samuel.5.25" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So David did exactly as the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-2_Samuel.5" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.5.1.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.1">5:1</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">your bone and your flesh</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.5.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.8">5:8</a></span> Alt Hb tradition, LXX, Tg, Syr read <span class="italic">who despise David</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.5.8.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.8">5:8</a></span> Or <span class="italic">temple</span>, or <span class="italic">palace</span></aside><aside id="fn.2_Samuel.5.20.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.20">5:20</a></span> Or <span class="italic">Baal-perazim</span> ; 2Sm 6:8; 1Ch 13:11</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-2_Samuel.5" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.1">5:1-3</a></span> 1Ch 11:1–3</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.1">5:1</a></span> Gn 29:14</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.2">5:2</a></span> 1Sm 18:5,12–16</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.3">5:3</a></span> 2Sm 3:12–13,21</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.4">5:4-5</a></span> 1Kg 2:11; 1Ch 29:26–27</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.6">5:6</a></span> Jos 15:63; Jdg 1:21</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.7">5:7</a></span> Lk 2:4</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.10">5:10</a></span> 2Sm 3:1</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.10">5:10</a></span> 1Ch 11:9</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.11">5:11</a></span> 1Kg 5:1,10,18</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.14">5:14</a></span> Lk 3:31</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.11">5:11-16</a></span> 1Ch 3:5–8; 14:1–7</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.17">5:17-25</a></span> 1Ch 14:8–17</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.17.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.17">5:17</a></span> 1Sm 22:4–5; 2Sm 23:14</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.19">5:19</a></span> 2Sm 2:1</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.20">5:20</a></span> Is 28:21</aside><aside id="xrf.2_Samuel.5.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-2_Samuel.5.24">5:24</a></span> 2Kg 7:6</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-2_Samuel.5" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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