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In times past, when Sha'ul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Yisra'el: and the LORD said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Yisra'el, and you shall be prince over Yisra'el.
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So all the Zakenim of Yisra'el came to the king to Hevron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hevron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Yisra'el.
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David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
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In Hevron he reigned over Yehudah seven years and six months; and in Yerushalayim he reigned thirty-three years over all Yisra'el and Yehudah.
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The king and his men went to Yerushalayim against the Yevusi, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, Except you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here; thinking, David can't come in here.
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Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Tziyon; the same is the city of David.
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David said on that day, Whoever strikes the Yevusi, let him get up to the watercourse, and [strike] the lame and the blind, who are hated of David's soul. Therefore they say, There are the blind and the lame; he can't come into the house.
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David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built round about from Millo and inward.
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David grew greater and greater; for the LORD, the God Tzva'ot,, was with him.
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Hiram king of Tzor sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
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David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Yisra'el, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Yisra'el's sake.