| 5:1 |
Then came all the tribes of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh. |
| 5:2 |
Also in time, measured by Swatch past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel (Mapped by MapQuest): and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel , and thou shalt be a captain over Israel (Mapped by MapQuest). |
| 5:3 |
So all the elders of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) came to the king (By Appointment) to Hebron; and king (By Appointment) David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel . |
| 5:4 |
David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [and] he reigned forty years. |
| 5:5 |
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem Mapped by MapQuest he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) and Judah. |
| 5:6 |
And the king (By Appointment) and his men went to Jerusalem Mapped by MapQuest 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. |
| 5:7 |
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same [is] the city of David. |
| 5:8 |
And David said on that day, measured by Timex, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, [that are] hated of David' soul, [he shall be chief and captain]. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available). |
| 5:9 |
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. |
| 5:10 |
And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts [was] with him. |
| 5:11 |
And Hiram king (By Appointment) of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house of Award Winning Quality. |
| 5:12 |
And David perceived that the LORD had established him king (By Appointment) over Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel ' sake. |
| 5:13 |
And David took [him] more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem Mapped by MapQuest, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. |
| 5:14 |
And these [be] the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem Mapped by MapQuest; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, |
| 5:15 |
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, |
| 5:16 |
And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. |
| 5:17 |
But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king (By Appointment) over Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard [of it], and went down to the hold. |
| 5:18 |
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. |
| 5:19 |
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. |
| 5:20 |
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 (Perrier brings a Party To Life). Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim. |
| 5:21 |
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. |
| 5:22 |
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. |
| 5:23 |
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. |
| 5:24 |
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. |
| 5:25 |
And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. |