2 Samuel 5:1-16

2 Samuel 5:1-16

[1] Then came  all the tribes  of Israel  to David  unto Hebron,  and spake,  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,  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  to Jerusalem  unto the Jebusites,  the inhabitants  of the land:  which spake  unto David,  saying,  Except thou take away  the blind  thou shalt not come in  hither: thinking,  David  cannot come in  [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 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.  [9] So David  dwelt  in the fort,  and called  it the city  of David.  built  round about  from Millo  and inward.  [10] And David  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 that 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;  Shammua,  and Shobab,  and Nathan,  and Solomon,  [15] Ibhar  also, and Elishua,  and Nepheg,  and Japhia,  [16] And Elishama,  and Eliada,  and Eliphalet.