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Then came[H935] all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] to David[H1732] unto Hebron[H2275], and spake[H559], saying[H559], Behold, we are thy bone[H6106] and thy flesh[H1320].
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Also in[H935] time past[H865], when Saul[H7586] was king[H4428] over us, thou wast he that leddest out[H3318] and broughtest in[H935]Israel[H3478]: and the LORD[H3068]said[H559] to thee, Thou shalt feed[H7462] my people[H5971]Israel[H3478], and thou shalt be a captain[H5057] over Israel[H3478].
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So all the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478]came[H935] to the king[H4428] to Hebron[H2275]; and king[H4428]David[H1732]made[H3772] a league[H1285] with them in Hebron[H2275]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]: and they anointed[H4886]David[H1732]king[H4428] over Israel[H3478].
4David[H1732] was thirty[H7970]years[H8141]old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427], and he reigned[H4427]forty[H705]years[H8141].
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In Hebron[H2275] he reigned[H4427] over Judah[H3063]seven[H7651]years[H8141] and six[H8337]months[H2320]: and in Jerusalem[H3389] he reigned[H4427]thirty[H7970] and three[H7969]years[H8141] over all Israel[H3478] and Judah[H3063].
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And the king[H4428] and his men[H582]went[H3212] to Jerusalem[H3389] unto the Jebusites[H2983], the inhabitants[H3427] of the land[H776]: which spake[H559] unto David[H1732], saying[H559], Except thou take away[H5493] the blind[H5787] and the lame[H6455], thou shalt not come in[H935] hither: thinking[H559], David[H1732] cannot come in[H935] hither.
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Nevertheless David[H1732]took[H3920] the strong hold[H4686] of Zion[H6726]: the same is the city[H5892] of David[H1732].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] on that day[H3117], Whosoever getteth up[H5060] to the gutter[H6794], and smiteth[H5221] the Jebusites[H2983], and the lame[H6455] and the blind[H5787], that are hated[H8130] of David[H1732]'s soul[H5315], he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said[H559], The blind[H5787] and the lame[H6455] shall not come[H935] into the house[H1004].
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So David[H1732]dwelt[H3427] in the fort[H4686], and called[H7121] it the city[H5892] of David[H1732]. And David[H1732]built[H1129] round about[H5439] from Millo[H4407] and inward[H1004].
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And David[H1732]went[H3212]on[H1980], and grew great[H1419], and the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of hosts[H6635] was with him.
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And Hiram[H2438]king[H4428] of Tyre[H6865]sent[H7971]messengers[H4397] to David[H1732], and cedar[H730]trees[H6086], and carpenters[H2796], and masons[H7023]: and they built[H1129]David[H1732] an house[H1004].
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And David[H1732]perceived[H3045] that the LORD[H3068] had established[H3559] him king[H4428] over Israel[H3478], and that he had exalted[H5375] his kingdom[H4467] for his people[H5971]Israel[H3478]'s sake.
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And David[H1732]took[H3947] him more concubines[H6370] and wives[H802] out of Jerusalem[H3389], after[H310] he was come[H935] from Hebron[H2275]: and there were yet sons[H1121] and daughters[H1323]born[H3205] to David[H1732].
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And these be the names[H8034] of those that were born[H3209] unto him in Jerusalem[H3389]; Shammua[H8051], and Shobab[H7727], and Nathan[H5416], and Solomon[H8010],
15Ibhar[H2984] also, and Elishua[H474], and Nepheg[H5298], and Japhia[H3309],
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And Elishama[H476], and Eliada[H450], and Eliphalet[H467].
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But when the Philistines[H6430]heard[H8085] that they had anointed[H4886]David[H1732]king[H4428] over Israel[H3478], all the Philistines[H6430] came up[H5927] to seek[H1245]David[H1732]; and David[H1732]heard[H8085] of it, and went down[H3381] to the hold[H4686].
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The Philistines[H6430] also came[H935] and spread[H5203] themselves in the valley[H6010] of Rephaim[H7497].
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And David[H1732]enquired[H7592] of the LORD[H3068], saying[H559], Shall I go up[H5927] to the Philistines?[H6430] wilt thou deliver[H5414] them into mine hand?[H3027] And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto David[H1732], Go up[H5927]: for I will doubtless[H5414]deliver[H5414] the Philistines[H6430] into thine hand[H3027].
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And David[H1732]came[H935] to Baalperazim[H1188], and David[H1732]smote[H5221] them there, and said[H559], The LORD[H3068] hath broken forth[H6555] upon mine enemies[H341]before[H6440] me, as the breach[H6556] of waters[H4325]. Therefore he called[H7121] the name[H8034] of that place[H4725]Baalperazim[H1188].
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And there they left[H5800] their images[H6091], and David[H1732] and his men[H582]burned[H5375] them.
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And the Philistines[H6430] came up[H5927] yet again[H3254], and spread[H5203] themselves in the valley[H6010] of Rephaim[H7497].
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And when David[H1732]enquired[H7592] of the LORD[H3068], he said[H559], Thou shalt not go up[H5927]; but fetch a compass[H5437]behind[H310] them, and come[H935] upon them over against[H4136] the mulberry trees[H1057].
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And let it be, when thou hearest[H8085] the sound[H6963] of a going[H6807] in the tops[H7218] of the mulberry trees[H1057], that then thou shalt bestir[H2782] thyself: for then shall the LORD[H3068] go out[H3318]before[H6440] thee, to smite[H5221] the host[H4264] of the Philistines[H6430].
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And David[H1732] did so[H6213], as the LORD[H3068] had commanded[H6680] him; and smote[H5221] the Philistines[H6430] from Geba[H1387] until thou come[H935] to Gazer[H1507].