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Then all the tribes of Israel came unto David in Hebron and spoke, saying, Behold, we
are thy bone and thy flesh.
2
And even yesterday and the day before yesterday, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that didst lead out and bring in Israel; and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.
3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king in Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them in 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.
5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
6
Then the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, who dwelt in the land, who spoke unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in here, thinking, David cannot come in here.
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Nevertheless, David took the fortress of Zion; the same
is the city of David.
8
And David said on that day, Who shall go up the waterspout and smite the Jebusites and the lame and the blind,
that are hated of David’s soul? Therefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
9
So David dwelt in the fortress and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.