2 Samuel 5
(Selective Verses)
Then all
the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your
bone and flesh. 2 In times past, when Saul was king over us,
it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, ‘You
shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince [a] over
Israel.’” 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at
Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at 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 At Hebron he
reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over
all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.[b]
6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against
the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, “You will not
come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off”—thinking, “David
cannot come in here.” 7 Nevertheless, David took the stronghold
of Zion, that is, the city of David.
Footnotes:
2 Samuel 5:2 Or leader
2 Samuel 5:5 Dead Sea Scroll lacks verses
4–5
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version.
ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing
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