| Chapter
5 |
| 1 | Then
came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold,
we are thy bone and thy flesh. |
| 2
| Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that
leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt
feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. |
| 3 | So all the elders of Israel came to
the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the
LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. |
|
4 | David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned forty years. |
| 5 |
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. |
| 6 | And the king and his men went to
Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto
David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not
come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither. |
| 7 | Nevertheless David took the strong hold
of Zion: the same is the city of David. |
| 8 | And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the
gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of
David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and
the lame shall not come into the house. |
| 9 | So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of
David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. |
| 10 | And David went on, and grew great, and
the LORD God of hosts was with him. |
|
11 | And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar
trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. |
| 12 | And David perceived that the LORD
had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for
his people Israel's sake. |
| 13 |
And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was
come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. |
| 14 | And these be the names of
those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan,
and Solomon, |
| 15 | Ibhar
also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, |
| 16 | And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. |
| 17 | But when the Philistines heard
that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to
seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. |
| 18 | The Philistines also came and spread
themselves in the valley of Rephaim. |
|
19 | And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the
Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto
David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. |
| 20 | And David came to
Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth
upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the
name of that place Baalperazim. |
|
21 | And there they left their images, and David and his men burned
them. |
| 22 | And the
Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim. |
| 23 | And when
David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass
behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. |
| 24 | And let it be, when thou hearest
the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt
bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host
of the Philistines. |
| 25 |
And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from
Geba until thou come to Gazer. |
