Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Second
Samuel: 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 Jeb-u-sites, 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 Jeb-u-sites, 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 the 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; Sham-mu-ah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
15. Ib-har also, and E-li-shu-a, and Neph-eg, and Ja-phi-a,
16. And E-li-sha-ma, and E-li-a-da, and E-liph-a-let.
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
Reph-a-im.
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 Ba-al-pe-ra-zim, 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.
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 Reph-a-im.
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.
Apr. 18 Daily reading
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