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On that day David had said, “Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those ‘lame and blind’ who are David’s enemies. ” That is why they say, “The ‘blind and lame’ will not enter the palace.”
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David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the terraces inward.
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And he became more and more powerful, because the LORD God Almighty was with him.
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Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
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Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
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After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
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These are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
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Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
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Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet.
David Defeats the Philistines
17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold.
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Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;