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2 Samuel

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1 Then came all the tribes of Is­rael to David unto He­bron, and spake, say­ing, Be­hold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that led­dest out and brought­est in Is­rael: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my peo­ple Is­rael, and thou shalt be a cap­tain over Is­rael. 3 So all the el­ders of Is­rael came to the king to He­bron; and king David made a league with them in He­bron be­fore the LORD: and they anoint­ed David king over Is­rael. 4 David was thir­ty years old when he be­gan to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5 In He­bron he reigned over Ju­dah sev­en years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thir­ty and three years over all Is­rael and Ju­dah. 6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Je­busites, the in­hab­i­tants of the land: which spake unto David, say­ing, Ex­cept thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hith­er: think­ing, David can­not come in hith­er. 7 Nev­er­the­less David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. 8 And David said on that day, Whoso­ev­er get­teth up to the gut­ter, and smiteth the Je­busites, and the lame and the blind, that are hat­ed of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Where­fore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Mil­lo and in­ward. 10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him. 11 And Hi­ram king of Tyre sent mes­sen­gers to David, and cedar trees, and car­pen­ters, and ma­sons: and they built David an house. 12 And David per­ceived that the LORD had es­tab­lished him king over Is­rael, and that he had ex­alt­ed his king­dom for his peo­ple Israel's sake. 13 And David took him more con­cu­bines and wives out of Jerusalem, af­ter he was come from He­bron: and there were yet sons and daugh­ters born to David. 14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Sham­mua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 15 Ib­har al­so, and El­ishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 16 And El­ishama, and Eli­a­da, and Eliphalet. 17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anoint­ed David king over Is­rael, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. 18 The Philistines also came and spread them­selves in the val­ley of Rephaim. 19 And David en­quired of the LORD, say­ing, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou de­liv­er them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubt­less de­liv­er the Philistines into thine hand. 20 And David came to Baalper­az­im, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath bro­ken forth upon mine en­e­mies be­fore me, as the breach of wa­ters. There­fore he called the name of that place Baalper­az­im. 21 And there they left their im­ages, and David and his men burned them. 22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread them­selves in the val­ley of Rephaim. 23 And when David en­quired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a com­pass be­hind them, and come upon them over against the mul­ber­ry trees. 24 And let it be, when thou hear­est the sound of a go­ing in the tops of the mul­ber­ry trees, that then thou shalt be­stir thy­self: for then shall the LORD go out be­fore thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. 25 And David did so, as the LORD had com­mand­ed him; and smote the Philistines from Geba un­til thou come to Gaz­er.