1Then came all the tribes of Israel unto David, in Hebron,—and spake, saying—Behold us! thy bone and thy flesh, we are.stylus1 Chronicles 11:1, 1 Chronicles 11:3, 1 Chronicles 11:1, 1 Chronicles 11:3, Ephesians 5:302Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou, wast he that led out and brought in, Israel,—and Yahweh said to thee—Thou, shalt be shepherd unto my people, Israel, and, thou, shalt become leader over Israel.stylusMatthew 2:6, Matthew 2:6, Micah 5:4, Micah 5:4, Ezekiel 34:233So all the elders of Israel came unto the king, in Hebron, and King David solemnised to them a covenant in Hebron, before Yahweh, —and they anointed David to be king over Israel.stylus2 Samuel 2:4, 2 Samuel 2:4, 1 Samuel 23:18, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 23:184Thirty years old, was David when he began to reign,—forty years, he reigned:stylusLuke 3:23, 1 Chronicles 26:31, 1 Chronicles 29:27, Luke 3:23, 1 Chronicles 26:315in Hebron, reigned he over Judah, seven years, and six months,—and, in Jerusalem, reigned he thirty and 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 2:116Then went the king and his men, to Jerusalem, against the Jebusites, inhabiting the land,—and they spake to David, saying—Thou canst not come in hither, unless thou take away the blind and lame—Thinking, David will not come in hither.stylusJudges 1:8, Judges 1:8, Judges 1:21, 1 Chronicles 11:4, 1 Chronicles 11:97So then David captured the citadel of Zion,—the same, is the city of David.stylus1 Kings 2:10, 1 Kings 2:10, 2 Samuel 6:12, 2 Samuel 6:16, 2 Samuel 6:128And David said, on that day—Whosoever is smiting the Jebusites, then let him reach as far as the aqueduct. But, as for the lame and the blind, they were the hated of David’s soul,—for which cause, they kept on saying, Blind and lame! he will not enter the place.stylus1 Chronicles 11:6, 1 Chronicles 11:9, 1 Chronicles 11:6, 1 Chronicles 11:9, 1 Samuel 17:259So then David dwelt in the citadel, and called it, The City of David,—and David built round about, from Millo and inwards.stylus1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 9:24, 1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 9:24, 2 Chronicles 32:510And David went on and on waxing great,—Yahweh, God of hosts, being with him.stylus2 Samuel 3:1, 2 Samuel 3:1, Psalms 46:11, Romans 8:31, Psalms 46:1111Then Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers unto David, with cedar-wood, and carpenters, and masons, and they built a house for David.stylus1 Chronicles 14:1, 1 Chronicles 14:1, 1 Kings 5:1, 1 Kings 5:2, 1 Kings 5:112So David perceived that Yahweh had established him to be king over Israel,—and that he 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 14:213And David took him yet more concubines and wives, out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron, and there were, yet further, born unto David, sons and daughters.stylus1 Chronicles 3:9, 1 Chronicles 3:9, Deuteronomy 17:17, Deuteronomy 17:17, 2 Chronicles 11:1814Now, these, are the names of the sons who were born unto him in Jerusalem,—Shammua and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon;stylus1 Chronicles 3:5, 1 Chronicles 3:9, 1 Chronicles 3:5, 1 Chronicles 3:9, 2 Samuel 12:2415and Ibhar and Elishua and Nepheg and Yaphia;stylus1 Chronicles 14:5, 1 Chronicles 3:6, 1 Chronicles 14:5, 1 Chronicles 3:616and Elishama and Eliada, and Eliphalet.stylus1 Chronicles 3:8, 1 Chronicles 14:7, 1 Chronicles 3:8, 1 Chronicles 14:717And, when the Philistine heard that they had anointed David to be king over Israel, then came up all the Philistines to seek to secure David, and David heard of it, and went down into the citadel.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 had spread themselves out in the vale of Rephaim.stylusJoshua 15:8, Joshua 15:8, Joshua 17:15, Genesis 14:5, 2 Samuel 23:1319So then David enquired of Yahweh, saying,—Shall I go up against the Philistines? Wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Yahweh said unto David—Go up; for I, will surely deliver, the Philistines into thy hand.stylus2 Samuel 2:1, 2 Samuel 2:1, 1 Kings 22:15, 1 Kings 22:23, 1 Samuel 23:220And David entered Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said—Yahweh hath broken forth upon mine enemies, before me, like a breaking forth of waters. For this cause, called he the name of that place, Baal-perazim.stylusIsaiah 28:21, Isaiah 28:2121And they left their images there,—and David and his men took them away.stylusDeuteronomy 7:5, 1 Chronicles 14:11, 1 Chronicles 14:12, Deuteronomy 7:5, 1 Chronicles 14:1122And, yet again, did the Philistines come up, —and they spread themselves out in the vale of Rephaim.stylus1 Chronicles 14:13, 1 Kings 20:22, 2 Samuel 5:18, 1 Chronicles 14:13, 1 Kings 20:2223So David enquired of Yahweh, and he said—Thou shalt not go up,—Get round behind them, and come in upon them, over against the mulberry-trees.stylus1 Chronicles 14:14, Joshua 8:2, Joshua 8:7, Matthew 9:29, Matthew 9:3024And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, then, shalt thou act with decision,—for, then, will Yahweh have gone forth before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.stylus2 Kings 7:6, 2 Kings 7:6, Judges 4:14, Judges 4:14, Judges 7:1525And David did so, as Yahweh had commanded him,—and smote the Philistines, from Gibeon until thou enterest Gezer.stylus1 Chronicles 14:16, 1 Chronicles 14:16, Isaiah 28:21, Joshua 16:10, Isaiah 28:21
