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Text -- 2 Samuel 5:1-12 (NET)
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David Is Anointed King Over Israel
5:1 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying , “Look , we are your very flesh and blood !
5:2 In the past , when Saul was our king , you were the real leader in Israel . The Lord said to you , ‘You will shepherd my people Israel ; you will rule over Israel .’”
5:3 When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron , King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord . They designated David as king over Israel .
5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years .
5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months , and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah .
David Occupies Jerusalem
5:6 Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who lived in the land . The Jebusites said to David , “You cannot invade this place ! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back , saying , ‘David cannot invade this place !’”
5:7 But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the city of David ).
5:8 David said on that day , “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the ‘lame ’ and the ‘blind ’ who are David’s enemies by going through the water tunnel .” For this reason it is said , “The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace .”
5:9 So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David . David built all around it, from the terrace inwards .
5:10 David’s power grew steadily , for the Lord God who commands armies was with him.
5:11 King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David , along with cedar logs , carpenters , and stonemasons . They built a palace for David .
5:12 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
David |
Lamentations, Book of |
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF |
Jerusalem |
JOAB |
Zion |
Hebron |
JERUSALEM, 4 |
Jebusites |
Congregation |
Israel |
Millo |
JEBUS; JEBUSI; JEBUSITE |
ALLIANCE |
JERUSALEM, 2 |
Siege |
Government |
Hiram |
Mason |
Cedar |
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NET Notes: 2Sa 5:5 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: 2Sa 5:6 The Hebrew text has “he” rather than “the Jebusites.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. In the S...
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NET Notes: 2Sa 5:8 Heb “the house.” TEV takes this as a reference to the temple (“the Lord’s house”).
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NET Notes: 2Sa 5:10 The translation assumes that the disjunctive clause is circumstantial-causal, giving the reason for David’s success.
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