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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 at 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 against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke unto David, saying, "Unless thou 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 stronghold of Zion (the same is the City of David).
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And David said on that day, "Whosoever getteth up through the gutter and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, who are hated in David's soul, he shall be chief and captain." Therefore they said, "The blind and the lame shall not come into the house."
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So David dwelt in the fortress, and called it the City of David. And David built round about from the 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.
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And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for His people Israel's sake.