<vn='1'>Then <sn="935">came</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7626">tribes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s> unto <sn="2275">Hebron</s>, and <sn="559">spoke</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="587">we</s> are thy <sn="6106">bone</s> and thy <sn="1320">flesh</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1571">Also</s> in time <sn="865 8032">past</s>, when <sn="7586">Saul</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s> us, <sn="859">thou</s><sn="1961">wast</s> he that leddest <sn="3318">out</s> and <sn="935">broughtest</s><sn="*853"></s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>: and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s> to thee <sn="859">Thou</s> shalt <sn="7462">feed</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="5057">captain</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>So <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> to <sn="2275">Hebron</s>; and <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="3772">made</s> a <sn="1285">league</s> with them in <sn="2275">Hebron</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and they <sn="4886">anointed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1732">David</s> was <sn="7970">thirty</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="705">forty</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>In <sn="2275">Hebron</s> he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="8141">years</s> and <sn="8337">six</s><sn="2320">months</s>: and in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="7970">thirty</s> and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> and <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> and his <sn="376">men</s><sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="2983">Jebusites</s>, the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>: which <sn="559">spoke</s> unto <sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3588 518">Except</s> thou take <sn="5493">away</s> the <sn="5787">blind</s> and the <sn="6455">lame</s>, thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s> come <sn="935">in</s><sn="2008">hither</s>: <sn="559">thinking</s>, <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3808">cannot</s> come <sn="935">in</s><sn="2008">hither</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Nevertheless <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3920">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4686">stronghold</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s>: the <sn="1931">same</s> is the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s> on <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="3605">Whosoever</s> getteth <sn="5060">up</s> to the <sn="6794">gutter</s>, and <sn="5221">smiteth</s> the <sn="2983">Jebusites</s>, and the <sn="6455">lame</s> and the <sn="5787">blind</s>, that are <sn="8130">hated</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="5315">soul</s>, he shall be chief and captain. <sn="5921 3651">Wherefore</s> they <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="5787">blind</s> and the <sn="6455">lame</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>So <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s> in the <sn="4686">fort</s>, and <sn="7121">called</s> it the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="1129">built</s> round <sn="5439">about</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="4407">Millo</s> and <sn="1004">inward</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="1732">David</s> went <sn="1980 1980">on</s>, and grew <sn="1419">great</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> was <sn="5973">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="2438">Hiram</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="6865">Tyre</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="730">cedar</s><sn="6086">trees</s>, and <sn="2796 6086">carpenters</s>, and <sn="2796 18 7023">masons</s>: and they <sn="1129">built</s><sn="1732">David</s> a <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3045">perceived</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="3559">established</s> him <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="3588">that</s> he had <sn="5375">exalted</s> his <sn="4467">kingdom</s> for his <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> 's <sn="5668">sake</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3947">took</s> him <sn="5750">more</s><sn="6370">concubines</s> and <sn="802">wives</s> out of <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="310">after</s> he was <sn="935">come</s> from <sn="4480 2275">Hebron</s>: and there were <sn="5750">yet</s><sn="1121">sons</s> and <sn="1323">daughters</s><sn="3205">born</s> to <sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="428">these</s> be the <sn="8034">names</s> of those that were <sn="3209">born</s> unto him in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; <sn="8051">Shammua</s>, and <sn="7727">Shobab</s>, and <sn="5416">Nathan</s>, and <sn="8010">Solomon</s>, </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2984">Ibhar</s> also, and <sn="474">Elishua</s>, and <sn="5298">Nepheg</s>, and <sn="3309">Japhia</s>, </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="476">Elishama</s>, and <sn="450">Eliada</s>, and <sn="467">Eliphalet</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>But when the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> they had <sn="4886">anointed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> came <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s>; and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="8085">heard</s> of it, and went <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4686">hold</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>The <sn="6430">Philistines</s> also <sn="935">came</s> and spread <sn="5203">themselves</s> in the <sn="6010">valley</s> of <sn="7497">Rephaim</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7592">inquired</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Shall I go <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>? wilt thou <sn="5414">deliver</s> them into mine <sn="3027">hand</s>? And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="1732">David</s>, Go <sn="5927">up</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I will doubtless <sn="5414 5414">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> into thine <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="935">came</s> to <sn="1188">Baal</s> -perazim, and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5221">smote</s> them <sn="8033">there</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath broken forth <sn="6555">upon</s><sn="*853"></s> mine <sn="341">enemies</s><sn="6440">before</s> me, as the <sn="6556">breach</s> of <sn="4325">waters</s>. <sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s> he <sn="7121">called</s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of <sn="1931">that</s><sn="4725">place</s><sn="1188">Baal</s> -perazim. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="8033">there</s> they <sn="5800">left</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="6091">images</s>, and <sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s><sn="5375">burned</s> them. </v>
<vn='22'>And the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> came <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5750">yet</s><sn="3254">again</s>, and spread <sn="5203">themselves</s> in the <sn="6010">valley</s> of <sn="7497">Rephaim</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And when <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7592">inquired</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, he <sn="559">said</s>, Thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s> go <sn="5927">up</s>; but fetch a <sn="5437 413">compass</s><sn="310">behind</s> them, and <sn="935">come</s> upon them over <sn="4480 4136">against</s> the mulberry <sn="1057">trees</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And let it <sn="1961">be</s>, when thou <sn="8085">hearest</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6963">sound</s> of a <sn="6807">going</s> in the <sn="7218">tops</s> of the mulberry <sn="1057">trees</s>, that <sn="227">then</s> thou shalt <sn="2782">bestir</s> thyself: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="227">then</s> shall the <sn="3068">LORD</s> go <sn="3318">out</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee, to <sn="5221">smite</s> the <sn="4264">host</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="3651">so</s>, <sn="834">as</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="6680">commanded</s> him; and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> from <sn="4480 1387">Geba</s> until thou <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="1507">Gazer</s>. </v>