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And the LORD said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince 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">"Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the LORD said to you, 'You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler 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">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.<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 before the LORD at Hebron; then 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 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 became king, 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">At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.<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 in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.</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">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.”<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">Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to David, "You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away"; thinking, "David cannot enter 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">Nevertheless, David took the stronghold 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 captured 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">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.”<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">David said on that day, "Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind, who are hated by David's soul, through the water tunnel." Therefore they say, "The blind or 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">And David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built the city all around from the Millo inward.<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">So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and 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">And David became greater and greater, for the LORD, the God of hosts, 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">David became greater and greater, for the LORD 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">And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.<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">Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for 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/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.<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 realized that the LORD had established him as 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">And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and 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">Meanwhile 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">And these are the names of those who were 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">Now 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 anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.<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 they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when David heard of it, he 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 come 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 came and spread themselves 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">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.”<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">Then David inquired of the LORD, saying, "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">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.<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">So David came to Baal-perazim and defeated them there; and he said, "The LORD has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters." Therefore he named that place 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">And the Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.<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">They abandoned their idols there, so 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">And the Philistines came up yet again 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">Now the Philistines came up once again and spread themselves 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">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.<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">When David inquired of the LORD, He said, "You shall not go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in front of 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">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.”<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">"It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall act promptly, for then the LORD will have gone out before you to strike 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">And David did as the LORD commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba 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">Then David did so, just as the LORD had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. 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