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| 1. | Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. |
| 2. | Even aforetime, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel. |
| 3. | And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel. |
| 4. | David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years. |
| 5. | In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. |
| 6. | And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they spoke to David, saying, Thou shalt not come in hither, but the blind and the lame will drive thee back; as much as to say, David will not come in hither. |
| 7. | But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David. |
| 8. | And David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites and gets up to the watercourse, and the lame and the blind hated of David`s soul ...! Therefore they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. |
| 9. | So David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from the Millo and inward. |
| 10. | And David became continually greater; and Jehovah the God of hosts was with him. |
| 11. | And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house. |
| 12. | And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom because of his people Israel. |
| 13. | And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. |
| 14. | And these are the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, |
| 15. | and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, |
| 16. | and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet. |
| 17. | And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold. |
| 18. | And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. |
| 19. | And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou give them into my hand? And Jehovah said to David, Go up; for I will certainly give the Philistines into thy hand. |
| 20. | And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, Jehovah has broken in upon mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim. |
| 21. | And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away. |
| 22. | And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. |
| 23. | And David inquired of Jehovah; and he said, Thou shalt not go up; turn round behind them and come upon them opposite the mulberry-trees. |
| 24. | And it shall be, when thou hearest a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then will Jehovah have gone forth before thee, to smite the army of the Philistines. |
| 25. | And David did so, as Jehovah had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou comest to Gezer. |