2 Samuel 552 SamuelDavid's rise as kingUnlocked Dynamic Bible

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1. David Anointed King of All Israel

   (1 Chronicles 11:1–3)

2. 1UDBThen the leaders of all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said to him, "Listen, we have the same ancestors that you do.BSBBSB: Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
3. 2UDBIn the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our soldiers into battle. You are the one to whom Yahweh promised, 'You will be the leader of my people. You will be their king.'"BSBBSB: 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.’”
4. 3UDBSo while Yahweh was listening, all those leaders of the people of Israel declared there at Hebron that David would be their king. And David made a sacred agreement with them. They anointed him with olive oil to set him apart to be the king of the Israelites.BSBBSB: 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.
5. 4UDBDavid was thirty years old when he became their king. He ruled them for forty years.BSBBSB: David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
6. 5UDBIn Hebron he had ruled over the tribe of Judah for seven and a half years, and in Jerusalem he would rule over all the people of Judah and Israel for thirty-three years.BSBBSB: In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

7. David Conquers Jerusalem

   (1 Chronicles 11:4–9)

8. 6UDBOne day, King David and his soldiers went to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebus people who lived there. The people there thought that David's army would not be able to capture the city, so they said to David, "Your army will never be able to get inside our city! Even the blind and crippled people can stop you!"BSBBSB: Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
9. 7UDBBut David's army did indeed capture the fortress on Mount Zion; later it was known as the city of David.BSBBSB: Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
10. 8UDBOn that day, David said to his soldiers, "Those who want to get rid of the Jebus people should go through the water tunnel to enter the city. That is where my enemies are, even my enemies who are 'crippled people and blind people'." That is why people say, "Those who are 'blind and crippled' are not allowed to go into David's palace."BSBBSB: 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.”
11. 9UDBAfter David and his soldiers captured the city with its strong walls around it, he lived there, and they named it the city of David. David and his soldiers built the city around the fortress, starting where the land was filled in on the east side of the hill.BSBBSB: So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
12. 10UDBDavid continued to become more and more powerful because Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, was helping him.BSBBSB: And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.
13. 11UDBOne day, Hiram, the king of the city of Tyre, sent ambassadors to David to talk about making an agreement between their countries. Hiram agreed to provide cedar trees to make lumber, and he also agreed that he would send carpenters and masons to build a palace for David.BSBBSB: Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

14. David’s Family Grows

    (1 Chronicles 14:1–7)

15. 12UDBBecause Hiram did these things, David realized that Yahweh had truly appointed him to be the king of Israel. He also realized that because Yahweh loved the Israelites and had chosen them to belong to himself, he had increased David's own power as king.BSBBSB: 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.
16. 13UDBAfter David moved from Hebron to Jerusalem, he took more slave women to be his wives, and he also married other women. All of those women gave birth to more sons and daughters.BSBBSB: After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
17. 14UDBThe names of his sons who were born in Jerusalem were Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,BSBBSB: These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
18. 15UDBIbhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,BSBBSB: Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
19. 16UDBElishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.BSBBSB: Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

20. Two Victories over the Philistines

    (1 Chronicles 14:8–17)

21. 17UDBWhen the Philistine people heard that David had been made king of Israel, their army went up toward Jerusalem to try to capture David. But David heard that they were coming, so he went down to another fortified place.BSBBSB: 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.
22. 18UDBThe army of Philistia arrived at the Valley of Rephaim southwest of Jerusalem and spread themselves out inside it.BSBBSB: Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
23. 19UDBDavid asked Yahweh, "Should my men and I attack the Philistine army? Will you enable us to defeat them?" Yahweh replied, "Yes, attack them, because I will certainly enable your army to defeat them."BSBBSB: 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.”
24. 20UDBSo David and his army went to where the Philistine army was, and there they defeated them. Then David said, "Yahweh has burst through my enemies like a flood." So that place is called Baal Perazim.BSBBSB: 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.
25. 21UDBThe Philistine men left their idols there, and David and his soldiers took them away.BSBBSB: There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
26. 22UDBThen the Philistine army returned to the Valley of Rephaim and spread all over the valley once again.BSBBSB: Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
27. 23UDBSo again David asked Yahweh if his army should attack them. But Yahweh replied, "Do not attack them from here. Tell your men to go around them and attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees.BSBBSB: 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.
28. 24UDBWhen you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like an army marching, attack them. Then you will know that I will have gone ahead of you to enable your army to defeat their army."BSBBSB: 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.”
29. 25UDBSo David did what Yahweh told him to do, and his army defeated the Philistine army and chased it from the city of Geba all the way west to the city of Gezer.BSBBSB: 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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