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2 Samuel 5

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1 Nang magkagayo'y naparoon ang lahat ng mga lipi ng Israel kay David sa Hebron, at nagsipagsalita, na nagsisipagsabi, Narito, kami ay iyong buto at iyong laman.

2 Sa panahong nakaraan nang si Saul ay hari sa amin, ikaw ang naglalabas at nagpapasok sa Israel: at sinabi ng Panginoon sa iyo: Ikaw ay magiging pastor ng aking bayang Israel: at ikaw ay magiging prinsipe sa Israel.

3 Sa gayo'y nagsiparoon ang lahat ng mga matanda sa Israel sa hari sa Hebron: at ang haring si David ay nakipagtipan sa kanila sa Hebron sa harap ng Panginoon: at kanilang pinahiran ng langis si David na maging hari sa Israel.

4 Si David ay may tatlong pung taon nang siya'y magpasimulang maghari, at siya'y nagharing apat na pung taon.

5 Sa Hebron ay naghari siya sa Juda na pitong taon at anim na buwan: at sa Jerusalem ay naghari siya na tatlong pu at tatlong taon sa buong Israel at Juda.

6 At ang hari at ang kaniyang mga lalake ay nagsiparoon sa Jerusalem laban sa mga Jebuseo na nagsisitahan sa lupain, na nangagsalita kay David, na nangagsasabi, Maliban na iyong alisin ang bulag at ang pilay, hindi ka papasok dito: na iniisip, na si David ay hindi makapapasok doon.

7 Gayon ma'y sinakop ni David ang katibayan sa Sion; na siyang bayan ni David.

8 At sinabi ni David nang araw na yaon, Sino mang sumakit sa mga Jebuseo, ay pumaroon siya sa inaagusan ng tubig, at saktan ang pilay at ang bulag, na kinapopootan ng kaluluwa ni David. Kaya't kanilang sinasabi, Mayroong bulag at pilay; hindi siya makapapasok sa bahay.

9 At tumahan si David sa katibayan at tinawag na bayan ni David. At itinayo ni David ang kuta sa palibot mula sa Millo, at sa loob.

10 At si David ay dumakila ng dumakila; sapagka't ang Panginoon na Dios ng mga hukbo, ay sumasa kaniya.

11 At si Hiram na hari sa Tiro ay nagpadala kay David ng mga sugo, at ng mga puno ng sedro, at mga anluwagi, at mangdadaras sa bato; at kanilang ipinagtayo si David ng isang bahay.

12 At nahalata ni David, na itinalaga siya ng Panginoon na maging hari sa Israel, at kaniyang itinaas ang kaniyang kaharian dahil sa kaniyang bayang Israel.

13 At kumuha pa si David ng mga babae at mga asawa sa Jerusalem, panggagaling niya sa Hebron: at may mga ipinanganak pa na lalake at babae kay David.

14 At ito ang mga pangalan niyaong mga ipinanganak sa kaniya sa Jerusalem; si Sammua, at si Sobab, at si Nathan, at si Salomon,

15 At si Ibhar, at si Elisua; at si Nephegh at si Japhia;

16 At si Elisama, at si Eliada, at si Eliphelet.

17 At nang mabalitaan ng mga Filisteo na kanilang inihalal si David na hari sa Israel, ang lahat ng Filisteo ay nagsiahon upang usigin si David; at nabalitaan ni David, at lumusong sa katibayan.

18 Ang mga Filisteo nga ay nagsidating at nagsikalat sa libis ng Rephaim.

19 At nagusisa si David sa Panginoon, na nagsasabi, Aahon ba ako laban sa mga Filisteo? ibibigay mo ba sila sa aking kamay? At sinabi ng Panginoon kay David, Umahon ka: sapagka't tunay na aking ibibigay ang mga Filisteo sa iyong kamay.

20 At naparoon si David sa Baal-perasim at sila'y sinaktan doon ni David; at kaniyang sinabi, Pinanambulat ng Panginoon ang aking mga kaaway sa harap ko, na gaya ng pilansik ng tubig. Kaya't kaniyang tinawag ang pangalan ng dakong yaon na Baal-perasim.

21 At kanilang iniwan doon ang kanilang mga larawan, at mga inalis ni David at ng kaniyang mga lalake.

22 At nagsiahon pa uli ang mga Filisteo, at nagsikalat sa libis ng Rephaim.

23 At nang isangguni ni David sa Panginoon, kaniyang sinabi, Huwag kang aahon: liligid ka sa likuran nila, at ikaw ay sasagupa sa kanila sa mga puno ng morales.

24 At mangyayari, pagka iyong narinig ang hugong ng lakad sa mga dulo ng mga puno ng morales, na ikaw nga ay magmamadali: sapagka't lumabas na ang Panginoon sa harap mo upang saktan ang hukbo ng mga Filisteo.

25 At ginawang gayon ni David; gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon sa kaniya; at sinaktan niya ang mga Filisteo mula sa Geba hanggang sa dumating sa Gezer.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3246

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3246. 'And to the concubines' sons, whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts' means that places in the Lord's spiritual kingdom were allotted to spiritual people adopted by the Lord's Divine Human. This is clear from the meaning of 'the concubines' sons' as those who are spiritual, to be dealt with below; from the representation of 'Abraham' here as the Lord's Divine Human (so that the words 'whom Abraham had' mean that they - those who were spiritual - were adopted by the Lord's Divine Human); and from the meaning of 'the gifts which Abraham gave them' as allotted places in the Lord's spiritual kingdom.

[2] From what has been shown several times already about those who constitute the Lord's spiritual kingdom and who are called the spiritual, as in 3235 and elsewhere, it becomes clear that they are not sons of the marriage itself of good and truth, but of a certain covenant not so conjugial. They are indeed descended from the same father but not from the same mother, that is, from the same Divine Good but not from the same Divine Truth. Indeed with those who are celestial, since they are the product of the marriage itself of good and truth, good exists and truth rooted in that good. They never make investigations into what the truth may be but have a perception of it from good. Nor in conversation do they say more than this regarding what is true, 'Yes, that is so', in keeping with the Lord's teaching in Matthew,

Let your words be Yes, yes; No, no; anything beyond this is from evil. 1 Matthew 5:37.

But those who are spiritual, since they are the product of a covenant not so conjugial, do not have any perception from which they can know what is true. Instead they call that the truth which parents and teachers have told them to be the truth. Consequently with them there is no marriage of good and truth. Nevertheless that which they believe to be the truth for the reason just given is adopted by the Lord as truth when goodness of life exists with them; see 1832. This now explains why the spiritual are here called 'the concubines' sons', which is used to mean all the sons of Keturah mentioned already, and also those descended from Hagar, dealt with shortly below in verses 12-18.

[3] In former times - to enable both those who are celestial and those who are spiritual to be represented in marriages - a man was allowed to have a concubine in addition to a wife. That concubine was given to the husband by his wife (uxor), in which case the concubine was called his wife (mulier), or was said to have been given to him as a wife (mulier), as when Hagar the Egyptian was given to Abraham by Sarah, Genesis 16:3, when the servant-girl Bilhah was given to Jacob by Rachel, Genesis 30:4, and when the servant-girl Zilpah was given to Jacob by Leah, Genesis 30:9. In those cases they are called 'wives' (mulier), but elsewhere concubines, as is Hagar the Egyptian in the present verse, Bilhah in Genesis 35:22, and even Keturah herself in 1 Chronicles 1:32.

[4] The reason why those men of old had concubines in addition to a wife, as not only Abraham and Jacob did, but also their descendants, such as Gideon, Judges 8:31; Saul, 2 Samuel 3:7; David, 2 Samuel 5:13; 15:16; Solomon, 1 Kings 11:3, was that they were permitted to do so for the sake of the representation. That is to say, the celestial Church was represented by the wife, and the spiritual Church by the concubine. They were permitted to do so because they were the kind of men with whom conjugial love did not exist; so that to them marriage was not marriage but merely copulation for the sake of begetting off-spring. With such persons those permissions were possible without any harm being done to love or consequently to the conjugial covenant. But such permissions are never possible among people with whom good and truth are present and who are internal people, or potentially so. For as soon as good and truth, and internal things, exist with the human being, such permissions come to an end. This is why Christians are not allowed, as the Jews were, to take a concubine in addition to a wife, and why such is adultery. Regarding the adoption of those who are spiritual by the Lord's Divine Human, see what has been stated and shown already on the same subject in 2661, 2716, 2833, 2834.

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