David Anointed King of All Israel (1 Chronicles 11:1–3)
1 AKJV Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. BSB BSB: Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
2 AKJV Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he that led out and brought in Israel: and the LORD said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be a captain over Israel. BSB BSB: Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
3 AKJV So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. BSB BSB: So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
4 AKJV David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. BSB BSB: David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
5 AKJV In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. BSB BSB: In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
David Conquers Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 11:4–9)
7 AKJV Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
8 AKJV And David said on that day, Whoever gets up to the gutter, and smites the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Why they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. BSB BSB: On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
10 AKJV And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him. BSB BSB: And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.
David’s Family Grows (1 Chronicles 14:1–7)
12 AKJV And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake. BSB BSB: And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
13 AKJV And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. BSB BSB: After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
14 AKJV And these be the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, BSB BSB: These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
15 AKJV Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, BSB BSB: Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
16 AKJV And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. BSB BSB: Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
Two Victories over the Philistines (1 Chronicles 14:8–17)
17 AKJV But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. BSB BSB: When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.
18 AKJV The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. BSB BSB: Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
19 AKJV And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? will you deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand. BSB BSB: So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
20 AKJV And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD has broken forth on my enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim. BSB BSB: So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
21 AKJV And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. BSB BSB: There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
22 AKJV And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. BSB BSB: Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
23 AKJV And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, You shall not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees. BSB BSB: So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
24 AKJV And let it be, when you hear the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall bestir yourself: for then shall the LORD go out before you, to smite the host of the Philistines. BSB BSB: As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
25 AKJV And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gazer. BSB BSB: So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
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