10_2SA_05_01 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, And spake, saying, behold, we [ are] thy bone And thy flesh.
10_2SA_05_02 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.
10_2SA_05_03 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.
10_2SA_05_04 David [ was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [ And] he reigned forty years.
10_2SA_05_05 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.
10_2SA_05_06 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.
10_2SA_05_07 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same [ Is] the city of David.
10_2SA_05_08 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.
10_2SA_05_09 So David dwelt in the fort, And called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo And inward.
10_2SA_05_10 And David went on, And grew great, And the LORD God of hosts [ was] with him.
10_2SA_05_11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, And cedar trees, And carpenters, And masons: And they built David an house.
10_2SA_05_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.
10_2SA_05_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.
10_2SA_05_14 And These [ be] the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, And Shobab, And Nathan, And Solomon,
10_2SA_05_15 Ibhar also, And Elishua, And Nepheg, And Japhia,
10_2SA_05_16 And Elishama, And Eliada, And Eliphalet.
10_2SA_05_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.
10_2SA_05_18 the Philistines also came And spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
10_2SA_05_19 And David inquired 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.
10_2SA_05_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.
10_2SA_05_21 And there they left their images, And David And his men burned them.
10_2SA_05_22 And the Philistines came up yet again, And spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
10_2SA_05_23 And when David inquired 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.
10_2SA_05_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.
10_2SA_05_25 And David did So, as the LORD had commanded him; And smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.