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              1 Then came   all the tribes  of Israel  to David  unto Hebron,  and spake  , saying  , Behold, we are thy bone  and thy flesh. 
            
            
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All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood.            
            
              2 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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In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the LORD said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’ ”            
            
              3 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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When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.            
            
              4 David  was thirty  years  old  when he began to reign  , and he reigned   forty  years. 
            
            
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David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.            
            
              5 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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In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.            
            
              6 And the king  and his men  went   to Jerusalem  unto the Jebusites,  the inhabitants   of the land:  which spake   unto David,  saying  , Except thou take away   the blind  and the lame,  thou shalt not come in   hither: thinking  , David  cannot come in   hither.
            
            
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The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, “You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off.” They thought, “David cannot get in here.”            
            
              7 Nevertheless David  took   the strong hold  of Zion:  the same is the city  of David. 
            
            
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Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion—which is the City of David.            
            
              8 And David  said   on that day,  Whosoever getteth up   to the gutter,  and smiteth   the Jebusites,  and the lame  and the blind,  that are hated   of 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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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.”            
            
              9 So David  dwelt   in the fort,  and called   it the city  of David.  And David  built   round about  from Millo  and inward. 
            
            
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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.            
            
              10 And David  went   on  , and grew great,  and the LORD  God  of hosts  was with him.
            
            
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And he became more and more powerful, because the LORD God Almighty was with him.            
            
              11 And Hiram  king  of Tyre  sent   messengers  to David,  and cedar  trees,  and carpenters,  and masons    : and they built   David  an house. 
            
            
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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.            
            
              12 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.
            
            
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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.            
            
              13 And David  took   him more concubines  and wives  out of Jerusalem,  after  he was come   from Hebron:  and there were yet sons  and daughters  born   to David. 
            
            
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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.            
            
              14 And these be the names  of those that were born  unto him in Jerusalem;  Shammua,  and Shobab,  and Nathan,  and Solomon, 
            
            
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These are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,            
            
              15 Ibhar  also, and Elishua,  and Nepheg,  and Japhia, 
            
            
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Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,            
            
              16 And Elishama,  and Eliada,  and Eliphalet. 
            
            
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Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet.            
            
              17 But when the Philistines  heard   that they had anointed   David  king  over Israel,  all the Philistines  came up   to seek   David;  and David  heard   of it, and went down   to the hold. 
            
            
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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.            
            
              18 The Philistines  also came   and spread   themselves in the valley  of Rephaim. 
            
            
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Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;            
            
              19 And David  enquired   of the LORD,  saying  , Shall I go up   to the Philistines?  wilt thou deliver   them into mine hand?  And the LORD  said   unto David,  Go up  : for I will doubtless   deliver   the Philistines  into thine hand. 
            
            
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so David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?” The LORD answered him, “Go, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands.”            
            
              20 And David  came   to Baalperazim,  and David  smote   them there, and said  , The LORD  hath broken forth   upon mine enemies   before  me, as the breach  of waters.  Therefore he called   the name  of that place  Baalperazim. 
            
            
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So David went to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, “As waters break out, the LORD has broken out against my enemies before me.” So that place was called Baal Perazim.            
            
              21 And there they left   their images,  and David  and his men  burned   them.
            
            
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The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.            
            
              22 And the Philistines  came up   yet again  , and spread   themselves in the valley  of Rephaim. 
            
            
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Once more the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;            
            
              23 And when David  enquired   of the LORD,  he said  , Thou shalt not go up  ; but fetch a compass   behind  them, and come   upon them over against  the mulberry trees. 
            
            
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so David inquired of the LORD, and he answered, “Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the poplar trees.            
            
              24 And let it be, when thou hearest   the sound  of a going  in the tops  of the mulberry trees,  that then thou shalt bestir   thyself: for then shall the LORD  go out   before  thee, to smite   the host  of the Philistines. 
            
            
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As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, move quickly, because that will mean the LORD has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army.”            
            
              25 And David  did so  , as the LORD  had commanded   him; and smote   the Philistines  from Geba  until thou come   to Gazer. 
            
            
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So David did as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.            
          
            
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