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And all the tribes◦ of Israel came to▵ David to Hebron and said, saying, Behold us, we◦ are thy bone and thy flesh.
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Both◦ yesterday and◦ the day··before*, when Saul was king over us, thou◦ wast he who caused Israel to go··out and come··in, and Jehovah said to thee, Thou◦ shalt shepherd My people Israel, and thou◦ shalt be for a monarch over Israel.
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And all the elders of Israel came to▵ the king to Hebron, and King David cut a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anointed David as king over Israel.
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A son of thirty years was David when he became··king, and he reigned forty years.
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In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
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And the king and his men◦ went to Jerusalem to▵ the Jebusite dwelling··in the land, and he said to David, saying, Thou shalt not come··in hither, unless◦ thou remove the blind and the lame; saying to himself, David will not come··in hither.
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And David captured the fort of Zion; it◦ is the city of David.
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And David said on◦ that◦ day, Whoever smites a Jebusite* and touches the gutter and the lame and the blind, will be hated of the soul of David. Therefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come to▵ the house.
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And David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built all around from Millo and inward.
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And David went, walking and becoming great, and Jehovah God of Armies was with him.
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And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to▵ David, and cedar trees, and craftsmen in wood and craftsmen in stone of the wall◦, and they built the house for David.
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And David knew that Jehovah had established him for a king over Israel, and that He had lifted up His kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
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And David took still more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he had come from Hebron; and there were··born still more sons and daughters to David.
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And these are the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
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and Ibhar and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
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and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
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And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, and all the Philistines came··up to seek David; and David heard of it and went··down to▵ the fort.
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And the Philistines came and were extended in the valley of Rephaim.
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And David asked of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go··up unto▵ the Philistines? Wilt Thou give them into my hand? And Jehovah said unto▵ David, Go··up, for giving, I will give the Philistines into thy hand.
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And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there and said, Jehovah has broken forth* upon my enemies before me as a breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that◦ place, Baal-perazim*.
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And they forsook their idols◦ there, and David and his men◦ bore them away.
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And the Philistines yet··again went··up, and were extended in the valley of Rephaim.
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And David asked of Jehovah, and He said, Thou shalt not go··up; thou shalt go··around behind them and come upon them from over against the mulberry··trees.
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And it shall be, when thou hearest the voice of marching on◦ the heads of the mulberry··trees, that then thou shalt move··decisively, for then Jehovah has gone··out before thee, to smite the camp of the Philistines.
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And David did so as◦ Jehovah had commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Gibea until thou come to Gezer.
