Thematic Bible
2 Samuel 5:1 (show verse)
All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said to him: We are your own flesh and blood.
2 Samuel 5:2 (show verse)
For a long time when Saul was still our king, you led the people of Israel in battle. Jehovah promised you that you would lead his people and be their ruler.
2 Samuel 5:3 (show verse)
All the elders of Israel came to King David at Hebron. He made a sacred alliance with them. They anointed him, and he became king of Israel.
2 Samuel 5:4 (show verse)
David was thirty years old when he became king. He ruled for forty years.
2 Samuel 5:5 (show verse)
In Hebron he ruled Judah for seven years and six months. In Jerusalem he ruled for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
2 Samuel 5:6 (show verse)
The king and his men went to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived in that region. The Jebusites told David: You will never get in here. Even the blind and the lame could turn you away. In other words he could not enter there.
2 Samuel 5:7 (show verse)
However, David captured the fortress Zion, that is, the City of David.
2 Samuel 5:8 (show verse)
That day David said: Whoever wants to defeat the Jebusites must reach the lame and the blind that hate me by using the water tunnel. So there is a saying: The blind and the lame will not get into the palace.
2 Samuel 5:9 (show verse)
David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built the city of Jerusalem around it from the stronghold (citadel) to the palace.
2 Samuel 5:10 (show verse)
David continued to grow more powerful because Jehovah God of Hosts was with him.
2 Samuel 5:11 (show verse)
King Hiram of Tyre sent some officials to David. Carpenters and stone workers came with them. They brought cedar logs so they could build a palace for David.
2 Samuel 5:12 (show verse)
David knew that Jehovah made him king of Israel and that he had made him a powerful ruler for the good of his people.
2 Samuel 5:13 (show verse)
David left Hebron and moved to Jerusalem. He married many women from Jerusalem, and he had a lot of children.
2 Samuel 5:14 (show verse)
The following are the names of his sons born in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
2 Samuel 5:15 (show verse)
Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
2 Samuel 5:16 (show verse)
Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
2 Samuel 5:17 (show verse)
The Philistines heard that David was now king of Israel. They mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David found out and went into his fortress.
2 Samuel 5:18 (show verse)
So the Philistines camped in Rephaim Valley.
2 Samuel 5:19 (show verse)
David asked Jehovah: Shall I attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me? Jehovah answered David: Attack! I will certainly deliver the Philistines to you.
2 Samuel 5:20 (show verse)
David went to Baal Perazim and defeated the Philistines. He said: Jehovah has overwhelmed my enemies in front of me like an overwhelming flood. That is why that place is called Baal Perazim (Master of Breaking Through)
2 Samuel 5:21 (show verse)
The Philistines left their idols there. David and his men carried them all away.
2 Samuel 5:22 (show verse)
The Philistines again attacked and overran the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:23 (show verse)
Once again David consulted Jehovah. Jehovah answered David: Do not attack them from here. Go around and get ready to attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees.
2 Samuel 5:24 (show verse)
Attack when you hear the sound of marching in the treetops. I will be marching ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army.
2 Samuel 5:25 (show verse)
David did what Jehovah commanded. He drove the Philistines back from Geba all the way to Gezer.