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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Samuel 5 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_samuel/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_samuel/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > 2 Samuel 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_samuel/4.htm" title="2 Samuel 4">◄</a> 2 Samuel 5 <a href="../2_samuel/6.htm" title="2 Samuel 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/5-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">David Anointed King of All Israel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And all the tribes of Israel come to David to Chebron, and they said to him, Behold, we <i>are</i> thy bone and thy flesh. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And heretofore Saul being king over us, thou was he that didst lead out and bring in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be for a leader to my people Israel. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And all the elders of Israel come to the king to Chebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Chebron before the Lord; and they anoint David king over all Israel. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>David <i>was</i> thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Seven years and six months he reigned in Chebron over Juda, and thirty-three years he reigned over all Israel and Juda in Jerusalem.<p> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">David Conquers Jerusalem<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And David and his men, departed to Jerusalem, to the Jebusite that inhabited the land: and it was said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither: for the blind and the lame withstood him, saying, David shall not come in hither. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And David took first the hold of Sion: this <i>is</i> the city of David. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And David said on that day, Every one that smites the Jebusite, let him attack with the dagger both the lame and the blind, and those that hate the soul of David. Therefore they say, The lame and the blind shall not enter into the house of the Lord. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And David dwelt in the hold, and it was called the city of David, and he built the city itself round about from the citadel, and <i>he built</i> his own house. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And David advanced and became great, and the Lord Almighty <i>was</i> with him.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Chiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar wood, and carpenters, and stone-masons: and they built a house for David.<p> <A name="13"></a><p class="hdg">David’s Family Grows<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And David knew that the Lord had prepared him to be king over Israel, and that his kingdom was exalted for the sake of his people Israel.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And David took again wives and concubines out of Jerusalem, after he came from Chebron: and David had still more sons and daughters born to him. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And these <i>are</i> the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem; Sammus, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Ebear, and Elisue, and Naphec, and Jephies. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Elisama, and Elidae, and Eliphalath, <font color=blue>(5:16A)</font> Samae, Jessibath, Nathan, Galamaan, Jebaar, Theesus, Eliphalat, Naged, Naphec, Janathan, Leasamys, Baalimath, Eliphaath.<p> <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">Two Victories over the Philistines<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over Israel; and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the strong hold. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the Philistines came, and assembled in the valley of the giants. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hands? and the Lord said to David, Go up, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into thine hands. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And David came from Upper Breaches, and smote the Philistines there: and David said, The Lord has destroyed the hostile Philistines before me, as water is dispersed; therefore the name of that place was called Over Breaches. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And they leave there their gods, and David and his men with him took them.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the Philistines came up yet again, and assembled in the valley of Giants. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And David enquired of the Lord: and the Lord said, Thou shalt not go up to meet them: turn from them, and thou shalt meet them near the place of weeping. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And it shall come to pass when thou hearest the sound of a clashing together from the grove of weeping, then thou shalt go down to them, for then the Lord shall go forth before thee to make havoc in the battle with the Philistines. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And David did as the Lord commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Gabaon as far as the land of Gazera.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_samuel/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_samuel/6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>