2 Samuel 5
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.
