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Text -- 2 Samuel 5:1-24 (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 .
5:13 David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron . Even more sons and daughters were born to David .
5:14 These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem : Shammua , Shobab , Nathan , Solomon ,
5:15 Ibhar , Elishua , Nepheg , Japhia ,
5:16 Elishama , Eliada , and Eliphelet .
Conflict with the Philistines
5:17 When the Philistines heard that David had been designated king over Israel , they all went up to search for David . When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress .
5:18 Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim .
5:19 So David asked the Lord , “Should I march up against the Philistines ? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord said to David , “March up , for I will indeed hand the Philistines over to you.”
5:20 So David marched against Baal Perazim and defeated them there . Then he said , “The Lord has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out .” So he called the name of that place Baal Perazim .
5:21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there , and David and his men picked them up .
5:22 The Philistines again came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim .
5:23 So David asked the Lord what he should do. This time the Lord said to him, “Don’t march straight up . Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees .
5:24 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees , act decisively . For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army of the Philistines .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF |
Lamentations, Book of |
David |
Philistines |
JOAB |
Jerusalem |
Zion |
JERUSALEM, 4 |
REPHAIM, THE VALLEY OF |
Prayer |
Rephaim, Valley of |
Hebron |
Jebusites |
Israel |
Rain |
Congregation |
Shobab |
Millo |
JEBUS; JEBUSI; JEBUSITE |
FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS |
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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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NET Notes: 2Sa 5:23 Some translate as “balsam trees” (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NJB, NLT); cf. KJV, NKJV, ASV “mulberry trees”; NAB “mastic trees...
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