1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.stylus1 Chronicles 11:1, 1 Chronicles 11:3, 1 Chronicles 11:1, 1 Chronicles 11:3, Ephesians 5:302Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”stylusMatthew 2:6, Matthew 2:6, Micah 5:4, Micah 5:4, Ezekiel 34:233So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.stylus2 Samuel 2:4, 2 Samuel 2:4, 1 Samuel 23:18, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 23:184David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.stylusLuke 3:23, 1 Chronicles 26:31, 1 Chronicles 29:27, Luke 3:23, 1 Chronicles 26:315In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.stylus2 Samuel 2:11, 2 Samuel 2:11, 1 Chronicles 3:4, 1 Chronicles 3:4, 1 Kings 2:116Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”stylusJudges 1:8, Judges 1:8, Judges 1:21, 1 Chronicles 11:4, 1 Chronicles 11:97Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).stylus1 Kings 2:10, 1 Kings 2:10, 2 Samuel 6:12, 2 Samuel 6:16, 2 Samuel 6:128On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”stylus1 Chronicles 11:6, 1 Chronicles 11:9, 1 Chronicles 11:6, 1 Chronicles 11:9, 1 Samuel 17:259So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.stylus1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 9:24, 1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 9:24, 2 Chronicles 32:510And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.stylus2 Samuel 3:1, 2 Samuel 3:1, Psalms 46:11, Romans 8:31, Psalms 46:1111Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.stylus1 Chronicles 14:1, 1 Chronicles 14:1, 1 Kings 5:1, 1 Kings 5:2, 1 Kings 5:112And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.stylus2 Samuel 7:16, 2 Samuel 7:16, 1 Kings 10:9, 1 Kings 10:9, 1 Chronicles 14:213After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.stylus1 Chronicles 3:9, 1 Chronicles 3:9, Deuteronomy 17:17, Deuteronomy 17:17, 2 Chronicles 11:1814These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,stylus1 Chronicles 3:5, 1 Chronicles 3:9, 1 Chronicles 3:5, 1 Chronicles 3:9, 2 Samuel 12:2415Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,stylus1 Chronicles 14:5, 1 Chronicles 3:6, 1 Chronicles 14:5, 1 Chronicles 3:616Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.stylus1 Chronicles 3:8, 1 Chronicles 14:7, 1 Chronicles 3:8, 1 Chronicles 14:717When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.stylus2 Samuel 23:14, 2 Samuel 23:14, 1 Chronicles 11:16, 1 Chronicles 14:8, 1 Chronicles 14:918Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.stylusJoshua 15:8, Joshua 15:8, Joshua 17:15, Genesis 14:5, 2 Samuel 23:1319So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”stylus2 Samuel 2:1, 2 Samuel 2:1, 1 Kings 22:15, 1 Kings 22:23, 1 Samuel 23:220So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.stylusIsaiah 28:21, Isaiah 28:2121There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.stylusDeuteronomy 7:5, 1 Chronicles 14:11, 1 Chronicles 14:12, Deuteronomy 7:5, 1 Chronicles 14:1122Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.stylus1 Chronicles 14:13, 1 Kings 20:22, 2 Samuel 5:18, 1 Chronicles 14:13, 1 Kings 20:2223So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.stylus1 Chronicles 14:14, Joshua 8:2, Joshua 8:7, Matthew 9:29, Matthew 9:3024As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”stylus2 Kings 7:6, 2 Kings 7:6, Judges 4:14, Judges 4:14, Judges 7:1525So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.stylus1 Chronicles 14:16, 1 Chronicles 14:16, Isaiah 28:21, Joshua 16:10, Isaiah 28:21