2 Samuel 5

1 ♥ 📝 T hen came^H935 all the tribes^H7626 of Israel^H3478 to David^H1732 unto Hebron,^H2275 and spake,^H559 saying,^H559 Behold, we are thy bone^H6106 and thy flesh.^H1320

2 ♥ 📝 In times past,^H865 when Saul^H7586 was king^H4428 over us, it was thou that leddest out^H3318 and broughtest in^H935 Israel:^H3478 and Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 to thee, Thou shalt be shepherd^H7462 of my people^H5971 Israel,^H3478 and thou shalt be prince^H5057 over Israel.^H3478

3 ♥ 📝 So all the elders^H2205 of Israel^H3478 came^H935 to the king^H4428 to Hebron;^H2275 and king^H4428 David^H1732 made^H3772 a covenant^H1285 with them in Hebron^H2275 before^H6440 Jehovah:^H3068 and they anointed^H4886 David^H1732 king^H4428 over Israel.^H3478

4 ♥ 📝 David^H1732 was thirty^H7970 years^H8141 old^H1121 when he began to reign,^H4427 and he reigned^H4427 forty^H705 years.^H8141

5 ♥ 📝 In Hebron^H2275 he reigned^H4427 over 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 all Israel^H3478 and Judah.^H3063

6 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 and his men^H582 went^H3212 to Jerusalem^H3389 against the Jebusites,^H2983 the inhabitants^H3427 of the land,^H776 who spake^H559 unto David,^H1732 saying,^H559 Except thou take away^H5493 the blind^H5787 and the lame,^H6455 thou shalt not come in^H935 hither; thinking,^H559 David^H1732 cannot come in^H935 hither.

7 ♥ 📝 Nevertheless David^H1732 took^H3920 the stronghold^H4686 of Zion;^H6726 the same is the city^H5892 of David.^H1732

8 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 said^H559 on that day,^H3117 Whosoever smiteth^H5221 the Jebusites,^H2983 let him get up^H5060 to the watercourse,^H6794 and [smite] the lame^H6455 and the blind,^H5787 that are hated^H8130 of David's^H1732 soul.^H5315 Wherefore they say,^H559 There are the blind^H5787 and the lame;^H6455 he cannot come^H935 into the house.^H1004

9 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 dwelt^H3427 in the stronghold,^H4686 and called^H7121 it the city^H5892 of David.^H1732 And David^H1732 built^H1129 round about^H5439 from Millo^H4407 and inward.^H1004

10 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 waxed^H3212 greater^H1419 and greater;^H1980 for Jehovah,^H3068 the God^H430 of hosts,^H6635 was with him.

11 ♥ 📝 And Hiram^H2438 king^H4428 of Tyre^H6865 sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 to David,^H1732 and ^H730 cedar-trees,^H6086 and carpenters,^H2796 and masons;^H7023 and they built^H1129 David^H1732 a house.^H1004

12 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 perceived^H3045 that Jehovah^H3068 had established^H3559 him king^H4428 over Israel,^H3478 and that he had exalted^H5375 his kingdom^H4467 for his people^H5971 Israel's^H3478 sake.

13 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 took^H3947 him more concubines^H6370 and wives^H802 out of Jerusalem,^H3389 after^H310 he was come^H935 from Hebron;^H2275 and there were yet sons^H1121 and daughters^H1323 born^H3205 to David.^H1732

14 ♥ 📝 And these are 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

15 ♥ 📝 and Ibhar,^H2984 and Elishua,^H474 and Nepheg,^H5298 and Japhia,^H3309

16 ♥ 📝 and Elishama,^H476 and Eliada,^H450 and Eliphelet.^H467

17 ♥ 📝 And when the Philistines^H6430 heard^H8085 that they had anointed^H4886 David^H1732 king^H4428 over Israel,^H3478 all the Philistines^H6430 went up^H5927 to seek^H1245 David;^H1732 and David^H1732 heard^H8085 of it, and went down^H3381 to the stronghold.^H4686

18 ♥ 📝 Now the Philistines^H6430 had come^H935 and spread^H5203 themselves in the valley^H6010 of Rephaim.^H7497

19 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 inquired^H7592 of Jehovah,^H3068 saying,^H559 Shall I go up^H5927 against the Philistines?^H6430 wilt thou deliver^H5414 them into my hand?^H3027 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto David,^H1732 Go up;^H5927 for I will certainly^H5414 deliver^H5414 the Philistines^H6430 into thy hand.^H3027

20 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 came^H935 to Baal-perazim,^H1188 and David^H1732 smote^H5221 them there; and he said,^H559 Jehovah^H3068 hath broken^H6555 mine enemies^H341 before^H6440 me, like the breach^H6556 of waters.^H4325 Therefore he called^H7121 the name^H8034 of that place^H4725 Baal-perazim.^H1188

21 ♥ 📝 And they left^H5800 their images^H6091 there; and David^H1732 and his men^H582 took them away.^H5375

22 ♥ 📝 And the Philistines^H6430 came up^H5927 yet again,^H3254 and spread^H5203 themselves in the valley^H6010 of Rephaim.^H7497

23 ♥ 📝 And when David^H1732 inquired^H7592 of Jehovah,^H3068 he said,^H559 Thou shalt not go up:^H5927 make a circuit^H5437 behind^H310 them, and come^H935 upon them over against^H4136 the mulberry-trees.^H1057

24 ♥ 📝 And it shall be, when thou hearest^H8085 the sound^H6963 of marching^H6807 in the tops^H7218 of the mulberry-trees,^H1057 that then thou shalt bestir^H2782 thyself; for then is Jehovah^H3068 gone out^H3318 before^H6440 thee to smite^H5221 the host^H4264 of the Philistines.^H6430

25 ♥ 📝 And David^H1732 did so,^H6213 as Jehovah^H3068 commanded^H6680 him, and smote^H5221 the Philistines^H6430 from Geba^H1387 until thou come^H935 to Gezer.^H1507