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2 Samuel 5 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:1 - And all the tribes of Israel come to David to Chebron, and they said to him, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:2 - And [fn]heretofore Saul being king over us, thou wast he that didst lead out and bring in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be for a leader to my people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:3 - And all the elders of Israel come to the king to Chebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Chebron before the Lord; and they anoint David king over all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:4 - David was [fn]thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 - Seven years and six months he reigned in Chebron over Juda, and thirty-three years he reigned over all Israel and Juda in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 - And David and his men departed to Jerusalem, to the Jebusite that inhabited the land: and it was said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither: for the blind and the lame withstood him, saying, David shall not come in hither.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:7 - And David took first the hold of Sion: this is the city of David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:8 - And David said on that day, Every one that smites the Jebusite, let him attack with the dagger both the lame and the blind, and those that hate the soul of David. Therefore they say, The lame and the blind shall not enter into the house of the Lord.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:9 - And David dwelt in the hold, and it was called the city of David, and he built the city itself round about from the citadel, and he built his own house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:10 - And David advanced and became great, and the Lord Almighty was with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 - And Chiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar wood, and carpenters, and stone-masons: and they built a house for David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:12 - And David knew that the Lord had prepared him to be king over Israel, and that his kingdom was exalted for the sake of his people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:13 - And David took again wives and concubines out of Jerusalem, after he came from Chebron: and David had still more sons and daughters born to him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:14 - And these are the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem; Sammus, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:15 - And Ebear, and Elisue, and Naphec, and Jephies.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:16 - And Elisama, and Elidae, and Eliphalath,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:17 - And the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over Israel; and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the strong hold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:18 - And the Philistines came, and assembled in the valley of the [fn]giants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:19 - And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hands? and the Lord said to David, Go up, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into thine hands.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:20 - And David came from [fn]Upper Breaches, and smote the Philistines there: and David said, The Lord has destroyed the hostile Philistines before me, as water is dispersed; therefore the name of that place was called [fn]Over Breaches.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:21 - And they leave there their gods, and David and his men with him took them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:22 - And the Philistines came up yet again, and assembled in the valley of Giants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:23 - And David enquired of the Lord: and the Lord said, Thou shalt not go up to meet them: turn from them, and thou shalt meet them near the place of [fn]weeping.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:24 - And it shall come to pass when thou hearest the sound of a clashing together from the grove of weeping, then thou shalt go down to them, for then the Lord shall go forth before thee to make havoc in the battle with the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:25 - And David did as the Lord commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Gabaon as far as the land of Gazera.
BES Footnotes
Gr. yesterday and the third day.
Gr. a son of thirty years.
Heb. and Alex. omit the remaining names in this verse.
Lit. Titans. Heb. Rephaim. See also Appendix. which refers us to Govett's work on the book of the prophet Isaiah.
Heb. Baal-perazim.
Thus in English or other languages, Underskiddaw, Unterseen, etc.
Heb. בכאיס lit. mulberries.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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