1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

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1 Chronicles 11:1, 1 Chronicles 11:3, 1 Chronicles 11:1, 1 Chronicles 11:3, Ephesians 5:30

2In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. The Lord said to you, 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.'"

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Matthew 2:6, Matthew 2:6, Micah 5:4, Micah 5:4, Ezekiel 34:23

3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel.

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2 Samuel 2:4, 2 Samuel 2:4, 1 Samuel 23:18, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 23:18

4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

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Luke 3:23, 1 Chronicles 26:31, 1 Chronicles 29:27, Luke 3:23, 1 Chronicles 26:31

5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

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2 Samuel 2:11, 2 Samuel 2:11, 1 Chronicles 3:4, 1 Chronicles 3:4, 1 Kings 2:11

6The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, "Unless you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here"; thinking, "David can't come in here."

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Judges 1:8, Judges 1:8, Judges 1:21, 1 Chronicles 11:4, 1 Chronicles 11:9

7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

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1 Kings 2:10, 1 Kings 2:10, 2 Samuel 6:12, 2 Samuel 6:16, 2 Samuel 6:12

8David said on that day, "Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and strike the lame and the blind, who are hated by David's soul." Therefore they say, "The blind and the lame can't come into the house."

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1 Chronicles 11:6, 1 Chronicles 11:9, 1 Chronicles 11:6, 1 Chronicles 11:9, 1 Samuel 17:25

9David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built around from Millo and inward.

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1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 9:24, 1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 9:24, 2 Chronicles 32:5

10David grew greater and greater; for the Lord, the God of Hosts, was with him.

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2 Samuel 3:1, 2 Samuel 3:1, Psalms 46:11, Romans 8:31, Psalms 46:11

11Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

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1 Chronicles 14:1, 1 Chronicles 14:1, 1 Kings 5:1, 1 Kings 5:2, 1 Kings 5:1

12David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.

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2 Samuel 7:16, 2 Samuel 7:16, 1 Kings 10:9, 1 Kings 10:9, 1 Chronicles 14:2

13David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

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1 Chronicles 3:9, 1 Chronicles 3:9, Deuteronomy 17:17, Deuteronomy 17:17, 2 Chronicles 11:18

14These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

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1 Chronicles 3:5, 1 Chronicles 3:9, 1 Chronicles 3:5, 1 Chronicles 3:9, 2 Samuel 12:24

15and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

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1 Chronicles 14:5, 1 Chronicles 3:6, 1 Chronicles 14:5, 1 Chronicles 3:6

16and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.

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1 Chronicles 3:8, 1 Chronicles 14:7, 1 Chronicles 3:8, 1 Chronicles 14:7

17When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.

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2 Samuel 23:14, 2 Samuel 23:14, 1 Chronicles 11:16, 1 Chronicles 14:8, 1 Chronicles 14:9

18Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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Joshua 15:8, Joshua 15:8, Joshua 17:15, Genesis 14:5, 2 Samuel 23:13

19David inquired of the Lord, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?" The Lord said to David, "Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your hand."

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2 Samuel 2:1, 2 Samuel 2:1, 1 Kings 22:15, 1 Kings 22:23, 1 Samuel 23:2

20David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and he said, "The Lord has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters." Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.

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Isaiah 28:21, Isaiah 28:21

21They left their images there; and David and his men took them away.

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Deuteronomy 7:5, 1 Chronicles 14:11, 1 Chronicles 14:12, Deuteronomy 7:5, 1 Chronicles 14:11

22The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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1 Chronicles 14:13, 1 Kings 20:22, 2 Samuel 5:18, 1 Chronicles 14:13, 1 Kings 20:22

23When David inquired of the Lord, he said, "You shall not go up. Circle around behind them, and attack them over against the mulberry trees.

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1 Chronicles 14:14, Joshua 8:2, Joshua 8:7, Matthew 9:29, Matthew 9:30

24It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall stir yourself up; for then the Lord has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines."

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2 Kings 7:6, 2 Kings 7:6, Judges 4:14, Judges 4:14, Judges 7:15

25David did so, as the Lord commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.

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1 Chronicles 14:16, 1 Chronicles 14:16, Isaiah 28:21, Joshua 16:10, Isaiah 28:21