2 Samuel
2 Samuel 5
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2 Samuel 5 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Then came all the tribes of to unto , and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Also in time past, when was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in : and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people , and thou shalt be a captain over . So all the elders of came to the king to ; and king made a league with them in before the LORD: and they anointed king over . was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. In he reigned over seven years and six months: and in he reigned thirty and three years over all and . And the king and his men went to unto the , the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto , saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, cannot come in hither. Nevertheless took the strong hold of : the same is the city of . And said that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the , and the lame and the blind, that are hated of ’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. So dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of . And built round about from and inward. And went , and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him. And king of sent messengers to , and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built an house. And perceived that the LORD had established him king over , and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people ’s sake. And took him more concubines and wives out of , after he was come from : and there were yet sons and daughters born to . And these be the names of those that were born unto him in ; Shammuah, and , and , and , Ibhar also, and , and , and , And , and , and . But when the heard that they had anointed king over , all the came up to seek ; and heard of it, and went down to the hold. The also came and spread themselves in the valley of . And enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the ? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto , Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the into thine hand. And came to -perazim, and smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place -perazim. And there they left their images, and and his men burned them. And the came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of . And when enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the . And did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the from until thou come to .