1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.[ † ]2 Samuel 3:321 Chronicles 11:1-3 2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.[ † ]Genesis 29:14Judges 9:22 Samuel 19:12-131 Samuel 18:5-13, 16 3So 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.[ † ]1 Samuel 16:12 Samuel 3:171 Chronicles 11:32 Samuel 2:42 Samuel 3:212 Kings 11:17
4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.[ † ]Judges 11:111 Samuel 23:18Genesis 41:46Numbers 4:3Luke 3:23
5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.[ † ]1 Kings 2:111 Chronicles 26:311 Chronicles 29:27
6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.[ † ]2 Samuel 2:111 Chronicles 3:41 Chronicles 29:27Judges 1:21 7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.[ † ]Joshua 15:63Judges 1:8Judges 19:11-12 8And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain . Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.[ † ]2 Samuel 6:12-161 Kings 2:101 Kings 8:11 Kings 9:24 9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.[ † ]1 Chronicles 11:6-9 10And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.[ † ]2 Samuel 5:71 Kings 9:15-241 Samuel 17:45
11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.[ † ]1 Samuel 18:12-281 Kings 5:1-18 12And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.[ † ]1 Chronicles 14:1Numbers 24:7
13And 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.[ † ]Isaiah 45:4 14And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,[ † ]Deuteronomy 17:171 Chronicles 3:91 Chronicles 3:5-8 15Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 16and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
17But 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.[ † ]2 Samuel 12:241 Chronicles 11:16 18The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.[ † ]2 Samuel 23:14 19And David enquired of the Lord , saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.[ † ]Genesis 14:5Joshua 15:81 Chronicles 11:15Isaiah 17:5 20And David came to Baal-perazim, and David 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 Baal-perazim.[ † ]1 Samuel 23:22 Samuel 2:1 21And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.[ † ]1 Chronicles 14:11Isaiah 28:21
22And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.[ † ]Deuteronomy 7:5-25 23And when David 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.[ † ]1 Chronicles 14:13 24And 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 Philistines.[ † ]2 Samuel 5:192 Kings 7:61 Chronicles 14:15 25And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.[ † ]Judges 4:141 Chronicles 14:16