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The Second
Book of Samuel 5
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron,
saying: Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh.
1O And he went on prospering and growing up, and the
Lord God of hosts was with him.
Moreover yesterday also and the day before, when Saul
was king over us, thou wast he that did lead out and
bring in Israel: and the Lord said to thee: Thou shalt
feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over
Israel.
The ancients also 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 to be king over Israel.
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned forty years.
In Hebron he reigned over Juda seven years and six months:
and in Jerusalem he reigned three and thirty years over
all Israel and Juda.
And the king and all the men that were with him went
to Jerusalem to the Jebusites the inhabitants of the
land: and they said to David: Thou shalt not come in
hither unless thou take away the blind and the lame
that say: David shall not come in hither.
But David took the castle of Sion, the same is the city
of David.
For David had offered that day a reward to whosoever
should strike the Jebusites and get up to the gutters
of the tops of the houses, and take away the blind and
the lame that hated the soul of David: therefore it
is said in the proverb: The blind and the lame shall
not come into the temple.
And David dwelt in the castle, and called it, The city
of David: and built round about from Mello and inwards.
And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David,
and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walls:
and they built a house for David.
And David knew that the Lord bad confirmed him king
over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom over
his people Israel.
And David took more concubines and wives of Jerusalem,
after he was come from Hebron: and there were born to
David other sons also and daughters:
And these are the names of them, that were born to him
in Jerusalem, Samua, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
And Jebahar, and Elisua, and Nepheg,
And Japhia, and Elisama, and Elioda, and Eliphaleth.
And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David
to be king over Israel: and they all came to seek David:
and when David heard of it, he went down to a strong
hold.
And the Philistines coming spread themselves in the
valley of Raphaim.
And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go up
to the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into
my hand? And the Lord said to David: Go up, for I will
surely deliver the Philistines into thy hand.
And David came to Baal Pharisim: and defeated them there,
and he said: The Lord hath divided my enemies before
me, as waters are divided. Therefore the name of the
place was called Baal Pharisim.
And they left there their idols: which David and his
men took away.
And the Philistines came up again and spread themselves
in the valley of Raphaim.
And David consulted the Lord: Shall I go up against
the Philistines, and wilt thou deliver them into my
hands? He answered: Go not up against them, but fetch
a compass behind them, and thou shalt come upon them
over against the pear trees.
And when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the
tops of the pear trees, then shalt thou join battle:
for then will the Lord go out before thy face to strike
the army of the Philistines.
And David did as the Lord had commanded him, and he
smote the Philistines from Gabaa until thou come to
Gezer.
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