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2 Samuel 5 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

David King over All Israel

(1Ch 11:1–3 )

2Sa 5:1

2Sa 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and [fn]said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

2Sa 5:2

2Sa 5:2“Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.’”

2Sa 5:3

2Sa 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the LORD at Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel.

2Sa 5:4

2Sa 5:4David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

2Sa 5:5

2Sa 5:5At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

2Sa 5:6

2Sa 5:6Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to [fn]David, “You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away”; [fn]thinking, “David cannot enter here.”

2Sa 5:7

2Sa 5:7Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is the city of David.

2Sa 5:8

2Sa 5:8David said on that day, “Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul, through the water tunnel.” Therefore they say, “The blind or the lame shall not come into the house.”

2Sa 5:9

2Sa 5:9So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the [fn]Millo and inward.

2Sa 5:10

2Sa 5:10David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of hosts was with him.

2Sa 5:11

2Sa 5:11Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David.

2Sa 5:12

2Sa 5:12And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

2Sa 5:13

2Sa 5:13Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.

2Sa 5:14

2Sa 5:14Now these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

2Sa 5:15

2Sa 5:15Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

2Sa 5:16

2Sa 5:16Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet.

War with the Philistines

(1Ch 14:8–17 )

2Sa 5:17

2Sa 5:17When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when David heard of it, he went down to the stronghold.

2Sa 5:18

2Sa 5:18Now the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

2Sa 5:19

2Sa 5:19Then David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You give them into my hand?” And the LORD said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.”

2Sa 5:20

2Sa 5:20So David came to Baal-perazim and [fn]defeated them there; and he said, “The LORD has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters.” Therefore he named that place [fn]Baal-perazim.

2Sa 5:21

2Sa 5:21They abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.

2Sa 5:22

2Sa 5:22Now the Philistines came up once again and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

2Sa 5:23

2Sa 5:23When David inquired of the LORD, He said, “You shall not go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the [fn]balsam trees.

2Sa 5:24

2Sa 5:24“It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the [fn]balsam trees, then you shall act promptly, for then the LORD will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.”

2Sa 5:25

2Sa 5:25Then David did so, just as the LORD had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from [fn]Geba [fn]as far as Gezer.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: said, saying
Literally: David, saying
Literally: saying
I.e. citadel
Literally: David smote
I.e. the master of breakthrough
Or, baka-shrubs
Or, baka-shrubs
In 1 Chr 14:16, Gibeon
Literally: until you are coming to
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