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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 ISV</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">ISV</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 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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/2_samuel/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">David Becomes King over Israel</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/1_chronicles/11.htm">1 Chronicles 11:1-3</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After this, all of the tribes of Israel assembled with David at Hebron and declared, “Look, we’re your own flesh and blood!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:1 Lit. bone">a</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Even back when Saul was our king, it was you who kept on leading Israel out to battle<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:2 The Heb. lacks to battle">b</a></span> and bringing them back again.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:2 The Heb. lacks back again">c</a></span> The LORD told you, ‘You yourself will shepherd my people Israel and serve as Commander-in-Chief<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:2 Lit. Nagid; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority">d</a></span> over Israel.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So all the elders of Israel approached the king at Hebron, where King David entered into a covenant with them in the presence of the LORD. Then they anointed David to be king over Israel.</p> <p class="heading">David Establishes Jerusalem as His Capital</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/1_chronicles/11.htm">1 Chronicles 11:4-9</a>; 14:1-7)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>David began to reign when he was 30 years old, and he reigned 40 years. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He reigned over Judah for seven years and six months in Hebron, and he reigned over all of Israel including Judah for 33 years in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Later, the king and his army marched on Jerusalem against the Jebusites, who were inhabiting the territory at that time<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:6 The Heb. lacks at that time">e</a></span> and who had told David, “You’re not coming in here! Even the blind and the lame could turn you away!” because they were thinking<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:6 Lit. saying">f</a></span> “David can’t come here.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Even so, David captured the stronghold of Zion, which is now known as<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:7 The Heb. lacks now known as">g</a></span> the City of David.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>At that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:8 Lit. day">h</a></span> David had said, “Whoever intends to attack the Jebusites will have to climb up the water shaft to attack the lame and blind, who hate David.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:8 Or whom David hates; LXX reads blind, and those who hate David">i</a></span> </p> <p class="reg">Therefore they say, “The blind and lame are never to come into the house.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>David occupied<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:9 Or lived in ">j</a></span> the fortress, naming it the City of David. He<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:9 Lit. David">k</a></span> built up the surroundings from the terrace ramparts<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:9 Lit. the Millo, fortified areas of ancient Jerusalem with terraces and retaining walls">l</a></span> inward. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>David became more and more esteemed because the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies was with him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Later, King Hiram of Tyre sent a delegation to David, accompanied by cedar<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:11 i.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae; and so throughout the book">m</a></span> logs, carpenters, and stone masons. They built a palace for David. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So David concluded<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:12 Lit. knew">n</a></span> that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that he had exalted his kingdom in order to benefit his people Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But after arriving in Jerusalem after leaving Hebron, David took more wives and mistresses,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:13 Or concubines; i.e. secondary wives">o</a></span> and more sons and daughters were born to David. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.</p> <p class="heading">David Battles the Philistines</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/1_chronicles/14.htm">1 Chronicles 14:8-17</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When the Philistines eventually learned that Israel<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:17 The Heb. lacks Israel">p</a></span> had anointed David to be king over Israel, they marched out in search of him.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:17 Lit. David">q</a></span> But David heard about it and retreated to his stronghold. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Meanwhile, the Philistines arrived and encamped in the Rephaim Valley, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>so David asked the LORD, “Am I to go attack the Philistines? Will you give me victory over them?”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:19 Lit. give them into my hand">r</a></span> </p> <p class="reg">“Go get them,” the LORD replied to David, “because I’m going to put the Philistines right into your hand!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated them there. He called the place Baal-perazim,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:20 The Heb. name means Lord of breaking forth; cf. 2Sam 6:8">s</a></span> because he said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has jumped out in front of me to fight my enemies.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his army carried them off.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Later, the Philistines once again marched out and encamped in the Rephaim Valley. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When David asked the LORD about it, he said, “Don’t attack them directly. Instead, go around to the rear and attack them opposite those balsam trees. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>When you hear the sound of marching coming from the tops of the balsam trees, then be sure to act quickly, since the LORD will have gone out ahead of you to cut down the Philistine army.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So David did exactly what the LORD ordered him to do, and he struck down the Philistines from Geba to Gezer.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 5:1 Lit. <i>bone</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 5:2 The Heb. lacks <i>to battle</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 5:2 The Heb. lacks <i>back again</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 5:2 Lit. <i>Nagid</i>; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority<br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 5:6 The Heb. lacks <i>at that time</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 5:6 Lit. <i>saying</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 5:7 The Heb. lacks <i>now known as</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 5:8 Lit. <i>day</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 5:8 Or <i>whom David hates</i>; LXX reads <i>blind, and those who hate David</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 5:9 Or <i>lived in </i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 5:9 Lit. <i>David</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 5:9 Lit. <i>the Millo</i>, fortified areas of ancient Jerusalem with terraces and retaining walls<br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 5:11 i.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family <i>Pinaceae</i>; and so throughout the book<br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 5:12 Lit. <i>knew</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 5:13 Or <i>concubines</i>; i.e. secondary wives<br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 5:17 The Heb. lacks <i>Israel</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 5:17 Lit. <i>David</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 5:19 Lit. <i>give them into my hand</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 5:20 The Heb. name means <i>Lord of breaking forth</i>; cf. 2Sam 6:8<br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/2_samuel/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>