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Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.
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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.
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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.
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David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [and] he reigned forty years.
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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.
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And the king and his men went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: who spoke to David, saying, Except thou shalt take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
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Nevertheless, David took the strong hold of Zion: the same [is] the city of David.
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And David said on that day, Whoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, [that are] hated by David's soul, [he shall be chief and captain]: Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
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So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built around from Millo and inward.
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And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts [was] with him.
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And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house.