2 Samuel 5 KJV
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Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh. Reign of David David Jacob Hebron
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. Reign of David Jacob God Saul
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. Reign of David David Jacob God Hebron
¶ David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [and] he reigned forty years. Reign of David David
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. Reign of David Jacob Judah Hebron Jerusalem
¶ 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. Reign of David Jebusites David Jerusalem
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same [is] the city of David. Reign of David David Jerusalem City of David Zion
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. Reign of David Jebusites David
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. Reign of David David City of David Millo
And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts [was] with him. Reign of David David God
¶ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. Reign of David David Hiram Tyre
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. Reign of David David Jacob God
¶ 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. Reign of David David Jerusalem wives Hebron Jerusalem
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, Reign of David Elishua Ibhar Japhia Nepheg
And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. Reign of David Eliada Eliphalet Elishama
¶ 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. Reign of David David Jacob Philistia
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Reign of David Philistia Rephaim Valley Valley of Rephaim
And David enquired 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. Reign of David David God Philistia
And David came to Baal-perazim, 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 Baal-perazim. Reign of David David God Baal-perazim
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. Reign of David David
¶ And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Reign of David Philistia Rephaim Valley Valley of Rephaim
And when David enquired 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. Reign of David David God
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. Reign of David God Philistia