2 Samuel 5 (NET)

2 Samuel 5:1¹All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:1-32 Sam 19:13Gen 29:14Eph 5:301 Chr 12:23-40Deut 17:15Heb 2:14Judg 9:2

2 Samuel 5:2²In 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.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 2:6Mic 5:4Ezek 34:23Ezek 37:24-25John 10:112 Sam 7:7Isa 40:111 Sam 25:301 Sam 16:1Isa 55:4

2 Samuel 5:3³When 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 2:41 Sam 16:131 Sam 23:182 Kgs 11:172 Sam 3:21Judg 11:111 Chr 11:31 Sam 11:152 Chr 23:16Exod 3:16

2 Samuel 5:4⁴David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 29:271 Chr 26:311 Kgs 2:11Luke 3:231 Chr 3:4

2 Samuel 5:5⁵In 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 2:111 Chr 3:41 Kgs 2:11

2 Samuel 5:6⁶Then 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!’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 1:81 Chr 11:4-9Jer 37:10Josh 15:63Josh 18:28Judg 1:21Heb 7:1Judg 19:10-12Gen 14:18

2 Samuel 5:7⁷But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:102 Sam 6:122 Sam 6:161 Chr 11:71 Kgs 3:11 Kgs 8:12 Chr 24:162 Chr 5:22 Sam 5:92 Sam 6:10

2 Samuel 5:8⁸David 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.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 11:6-9Josh 15:16-171 Sam 17:25

2 Samuel 5:9⁹So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 9:151 Kgs 9:241 Kgs 11:272 Chr 32:52 Sam 5:71 Chr 11:8Judg 9:20Judg 9:6

2 Samuel 5:10¹⁰David’s power grew steadily, for the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies was with him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 3:1Ps 46:11Rom 8:31Dan 2:44-45Isa 9:7Luke 2:52Prov 4:18Ps 46:7Gen 21:22Isa 8:9-10

2 Samuel 5:11¹¹King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace for David.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 14:11 Kgs 5:1-21 Kgs 5:181 Kgs 5:8-101 Kgs 7:1-122 Sam 7:2Eccl 2:4-11Jer 22:14-16

2 Samuel 5:12¹²David 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:161 Kgs 10:91 Chr 14:22 Chr 2:11Dan 2:30Esth 4:14Isa 1:25-27

2 Samuel 5:13¹³David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 3:9Deut 17:171 Chr 14:3-72 Chr 11:18-212 Chr 13:21Gen 25:5-6

2 Samuel 5:14¹⁴These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 3:5-91 Chr 14:42 Sam 12:1-72 Sam 12:24-25Luke 2:31Matt 1:6

2 Samuel 5:15¹⁵Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 14:51 Chr 3:6

2 Samuel 5:16¹⁶Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 14:71 Chr 3:8

2 Samuel 5:17¹⁷When 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 23:141 Chr 11:161 Chr 14:8-9Ps 2:1-5Rev 11:15-18

2 Samuel 5:18¹⁸Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 15:82 Sam 23:13Gen 14:5Josh 17:15Isa 17:5Josh 18:161 Chr 11:15

2 Samuel 5:19¹⁹So 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.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 2:11 Sam 23:22 Sam 5:23Judg 20:28Prov 3:61 Kgs 22:15-231 Sam 23:41 Sam 30:7-81 Kgs 22:6Jas 4:15

2 Samuel 5:20²⁰So 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 28:21

2 Samuel 5:21²¹The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men picked them up.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 14:11-12Deut 7:51 Sam 5:2-6Deut 7:25Isa 37:19Isa 46:1-2Jer 43:12

2 Samuel 5:22²²The Philistines again came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 14:131 Kgs 20:222 Sam 5:18

2 Samuel 5:23²³So 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 14:14John 9:6-7Matt 8:23-25Matt 9:29-30Josh 8:2Josh 8:7

2 Samuel 5:24²⁴When 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.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 7:6Judg 4:14Judg 7:151 Chr 14:151 Sam 14:9-12Phil 2:11-12

2 Samuel 5:25²⁵David did just as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from Gibeon all the way to Gezer.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 14:16Isa 28:21Josh 16:10