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2 Samuel 5 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

2Sa 5:1

2Sa 5:1Then came all the tribes of Yisra'el to David to Hevron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

2Sa 5:2

2Sa 5:2In times past, when Sha'ul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Yisra'el: and the LORD said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Yisra'el, and you shall be prince over Yisra'el.

2Sa 5:3

2Sa 5:3So all the Zakenim of Yisra'el came to the king to Hevron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hevron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Yisra'el.

2Sa 5:4

2Sa 5:4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

2Sa 5:5

2Sa 5:5In Hevron he reigned over Yehudah seven years and six months; and in Yerushalayim he reigned thirty-three years over all Yisra'el and Yehudah.

2Sa 5:6

2Sa 5:6The king and his men went to Yerushalayim against the Yevusi, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, Except you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here; thinking, David can't come in here.

2Sa 5:7

2Sa 5:7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Tziyon; the same is the city of David.

2Sa 5:8

2Sa 5:8David said on that day, Whoever strikes the Yevusi, let him get up to the watercourse, and strike the lame and the blind, who are hated of David's soul. Therefore they say, There are the blind and the lame; he can't come into the house.

2Sa 5:9

2Sa 5:9David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built round about from Millo and inward.

2Sa 5:10

2Sa 5:10David grew greater and greater; for the LORD, the God Tzva'ot,, was with him.

2Sa 5:11

2Sa 5:11Hiram king of Tzor sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

2Sa 5:12

2Sa 5:12David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Yisra'el, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Yisra'el's sake.

2Sa 5:13

2Sa 5:13David took him more concubines and wives out of Yerushalayim, after he was come from Hevron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

2Sa 5:14

2Sa 5:14These are the names of those who were born to him in Yerushalayim: Shammua, and Shovav, and Natan, and Shlomo,

2Sa 5:15

2Sa 5:15and Yivchar, and Elishua, and Nefeg, and Yafia,

2Sa 5:16

2Sa 5:16and Elishama, and Elyada, and Elifelet.

War with the Philistines

(1Ch 14:8–17 )

2Sa 5:17

2Sa 5:17When the Pelishtim heard that they had anointed David king over Yisra'el, all the Pelishtim went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.

2Sa 5:18

2Sa 5:18Now the Pelishtim had come and spread themselves in the valley of Refa'im.

2Sa 5:19

2Sa 5:19David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up against the Pelishtim? will you deliver them into my hand? the LORD said to David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Pelishtim into your hand.

2Sa 5:20

2Sa 5:20David came to Ba`al-Peratzim, and David struck them there; and he said, the LORD has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Ba`al-Peratzim.

2Sa 5:21

2Sa 5:21They left their images there; and David and his men took them away.

2Sa 5:22

2Sa 5:22The Pelishtim came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Refa'im.

2Sa 5:23

2Sa 5:23When David inquired of the LORD, he said, You shall not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees.

2Sa 5:24

2Sa 5:24It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall bestir yourself; for then is the LORD gone out before you to strike the host of the Pelishtim.

2Sa 5:25

2Sa 5:25David did so, as the LORD commanded him, and struck the Pelishtim from Geva until you come to Gezer.
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