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1. Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said to him, "Look, we are your own family.
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1. Then came H935 all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to H413 David H1732 unto Hebron H2275 , and spoke H559 , saying H559 , Behold H2009 , we H587 are thy bone H6106 and thy flesh H1320 .
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2. Even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel in battle. The Lord said to you, 'You will be a shepherd for my people Israel. You will be their leader.'"
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2. Also H1571 in time past H865 H8032 , when Saul H7586 was H1961 king H4428 over H5921 us, thou H859 wast H1961 he that leddest out H3318 and broughtest H935 H853 in Israel H3478 : and the LORD H3068 said H559 to thee Thou H859 shalt feed H7462 H853 my people H5971 H853 Israel H3478 , and thou H859 shalt be H1961 a captain H5057 over H5921 Israel H3478 .
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3. So all the older leaders of Israel came to King David at Hebron, and he made an agreement with them in Hebron in the presence of the Lord. Then they poured oil on David to make him king over Israel.
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3. So all H3605 the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 came H935 to H413 the king H4428 to Hebron H2275 ; and king H4428 David H1732 made H3772 a league H1285 with them in Hebron H2275 before H6440 the LORD H3068 : and they anointed H4886 H853 David H1732 king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478 .
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4. David was thirty years old when he became king, and he ruled forty years.
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4. David H1732 was thirty H7970 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign H4427 , and he reigned H4427 forty H705 years H8141 .
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5. He was king over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and he was king over all Israel and Judah in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.
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5. In Hebron H2275 he reigned H4427 over H5921 Judah H3063 seven H7651 years H8141 and six H8337 months H2320 : and in Jerusalem H3389 he reigned H4427 thirty H7970 and three H7969 years H8141 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478 and Judah H3063 .
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6. When the king and his men went to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites who lived there, the Jebusites said to David, "You can't get inside our city. Even the blind and the crippled can stop you." They thought David could not enter their city.
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6. And the king H4428 and his men H376 went H1980 to Jerusalem H3389 unto H413 the Jebusites H2983 , the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 : which spoke H559 unto David H1732 , saying H559 , Except H3588 H518 thou take away H5493 the blind H5787 and the lame H6455 , thou shalt not H3808 come in H935 hither H2008 : thinking H559 , David H1732 cannot H3808 come in H935 hither H2008 .
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7. But David did take the city of Jerusalem with its strong walls, and it became the City of David.
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7. Nevertheless David H1732 took H3920 H853 the stronghold H4686 of Zion H6726 : the same H1931 is the city H5892 of David H1732 .
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8. That day David said to his men, "To defeat the Jebusites you must go through the water tunnel. Then you can reach those 'crippled' and 'blind' enemies. This is why people say, 'The blind and the crippled may not enter the palace.'"
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8. And David H1732 said H559 on that H1931 day H3117 , Whosoever H3605 getteth up H5060 to the gutter H6794 , and smiteth H5221 the Jebusites H2983 , and the lame H6455 and the blind H5787 , that are hated H8130 of David H1732 's soul H5315 , he shall be chief and captain . Wherefore H5921 H3651 they said H559 , The blind H5787 and the lame H6455 shall not H3808 come H935 into H413 the house H1004 .
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9. So David lived in the strong, walled city and called it the City of David. David built more buildings around it, beginning where the land was filled in. He also built more buildings inside the city.
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9. So David H1732 dwelt H3427 in the fort H4686 , and called H7121 it the city H5892 of David H1732 . And David H1732 built H1129 round about H5439 from H4480 Millo H4407 and inward H1004 .
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10. He became stronger and stronger, because the Lord God All-Powerful was with him.
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10. And David H1732 went on H1980 H1980 , and grew great H1419 , and the LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635 was with H5973 him.
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11. Hiram king of the city of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonecutters. They built a palace for David.
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11. And Hiram H2438 king H4428 of Tyre H6865 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to H413 David H1732 , and cedar H730 trees H6086 , and carpenters H2796 H6086 , and masons H2796 H18 H7023 : and they built H1129 David H1732 a house H1004 .
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12. Then David knew that the Lord really had made him king of Israel and that the Lord had made his kingdom great because the Lord loved his people Israel.
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12. And David H1732 perceived H3045 that H3588 the LORD H3068 had established H3559 him king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478 , and that H3588 he had exalted H5375 his kingdom H4467 for his people H5971 Israel H3478 's sake H5668 .
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13. After he came from Hebron, David took for himself more slave women and wives in Jerusalem. More sons and daughters were born to David.
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13. And David H1732 took H3947 him more H5750 concubines H6370 and wives H802 out of Jerusalem H4480 H3389 , after H310 he was come H935 from Hebron H4480 H2275 : and there were yet H5750 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 born H3205 to David H1732 .
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14. These are the names of the sons born to David in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
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14. And these H428 be the names H8034 of those that were born H3209 unto him in Jerusalem H3389 ; Shammua H8051 , and Shobab H7727 , and Nathan H5416 , and Solomon H8010 ,
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15. Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
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15. Ibhar H2984 also , and Elishua H474 , and Nepheg H5298 , and Japhia H3309 ,
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16. Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
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16. And Elishama H476 , and Eliada H450 , and Eliphalet H467 .
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17. When the Philistines heard that David had been made king over Israel, all the Philistines went to look for him. But when David heard the news, he went down to the stronghold.
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17. But when the Philistines H6430 heard H8085 that H3588 they had anointed H4886 H853 David H1732 king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478 , all H3605 the Philistines H6430 came up H5927 to seek H1245 H853 David H1732 ; and David H1732 heard H8085 of it , and went down H3381 to H413 the hold H4686 .
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18. The Philistines came and camped in the Valley of Rephaim.
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18. The Philistines H6430 also came H935 and spread themselves H5203 in the valley H6010 of Rephaim H7497 .
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19. David asked the Lord, "Should I attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The Lord said to David, "Go! I will certainly hand them over to you."
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19. And David H1732 inquired H7592 of the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , Shall I go up H5927 to H413 the Philistines H6430 ? wilt thou deliver H5414 them into mine hand H3027 ? And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 David H1732 , Go up H5927 : for H3588 I will doubtless deliver H5414 H5414 H853 the Philistines H6430 into thine hand H3027 .
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20. So David went to Baal Perazim and defeated the Philistines there. David said, "Like a flood of water, the Lord has broken through my enemies in front of me." So David named the place Baal Perazim.
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20. And David H1732 came H935 to Baal H1188 -perazim , and David H1732 smote H5221 them there H8033 , and said H559 , The LORD H3068 hath broken forth upon H6555 H853 mine enemies H341 before H6440 me , as the breach H6556 of waters H4325 . Therefore H5921 H3651 he called H7121 the name H8034 of that H1931 place H4725 Baal H1188 -perazim.
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21. The Philistines left their idols behind at Baal Perazim, so David and his men carried them away.
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21. And there H8033 they left H5800 H853 their images H6091 , and David H1732 and his men H376 burned H5375 them.
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22. Once again the Philistines came and camped at the Valley of Rephaim.
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22. And the Philistines H6430 came up H5927 yet H5750 again H3254 , and spread themselves H5203 in the valley H6010 of Rephaim H7497 .
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23. When David prayed to the Lord, he answered, "Don't attack the Philistines from the front. Instead, go around and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
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23. And when David H1732 inquired H7592 of the LORD H3068 , he said H559 , Thou shalt not H3808 go up H5927 ; but fetch a compass H5437 H413 behind H310 them , and come H935 upon them over against H4480 H4136 the mulberry trees H1057 .
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24. When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, act quickly. I, the Lord, will have gone ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army."
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24. And let it be H1961 , when thou hearest H8085 H853 the sound H6963 of a going H6807 in the tops H7218 of the mulberry trees H1057 , that then H227 thou shalt bestir H2782 thyself: for H3588 then H227 shall the LORD H3068 go out H3318 before H6440 thee , to smite H5221 the host H4264 of the Philistines H6430 .
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25. So David did what the Lord commanded. He defeated the Philistines and chased them all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
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25. And David H1732 did H6213 so H3651 , as H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 him ; and smote H5221 H853 the Philistines H6430 from Geba H4480 H1387 until thou come H935 to Gazer H1507 .
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