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2 Samuel 5 Summary
David Anointed King Over All Israel
All the tribes of Israel come to David at Hebron, acknowledging him as their bone and flesh and recalling that the LORD promised him he would feed and lead Israel. David makes a league with the elders before the LORD and is anointed king over Israel. He begins his reign at age thirty and will reign forty years—seven and a half years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. David and his men assault the stronghold of Zion, defeating the Jebusites and establishing Jerusalem as his city. David builds his palace and grows great as the LORD blesses him. After the Philistines hear of his anointing, they attack twice in the valley of Rephaim, but David defeats them both times by the LORD's direction.
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2 Samuel 5:1-3
“Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 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. 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.”
2 Samuel 5:6-8
“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. Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. 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.”
2 Samuel 5:19-20
“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. 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.”
2 Samuel 5:24-25
“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. And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.”
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