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    2 Samuel 5

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    The LORD sends David into battle by a sound of marching in the tops of balsam trees, and David is to move quickly because the LORD has gone ahead of him.

    David is made king, and Jerusalem is takenvv. 1–10

    All the tribes of Israel come to David at Hebron, reminding him that he led Israel even while Saul was king and that the LORD had named him shepherd and ruler. The elders make a covenant with him before the LORD and anoint him king over Israel. David is thirty, and the arithmetic of his reign is given with pleasing firmness: seven years and six months in Hebron over Judah, then thirty-three years in Jerusalem over all Israel and Judah.

    Then the king and his men march against Jerusalem. The Jebusites are confident enough to make a proverb of their own defence: even the blind and lame, they say, can repel David. David nevertheless captures the fortress of Zion, calls it the City of David, and takes up residence there. His remark about the lame and blind is notably less generous than their taunt, and the chapter leaves that unpleasant little exchange standing in the middle of the new capital.

    A palace, a household, and a great deal of cedarvv. 11–16

    Hiram king of Tyre sends envoys, cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, who build a palace for David. David understands this as the LORD establishing him as king over Israel and exalting his kingdom for the sake of Israel.

    After coming from Hebron, David takes more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters are born. The chapter then gives the Jerusalem list in full: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. It is a palace account that begins with cedar and ends with names.

    The Philistines come twicevv. 17–25

    When the Philistines hear that David has been anointed king, they go looking for him, and David goes down to the stronghold. They spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. David asks the LORD whether he should go up against them; the answer is yes, and at Baal-perazim David defeats them with the image of a bursting flood. The Philistines abandon their idols, which David and his men carry away—a remarkably practical conclusion to a victory.

    The Philistines return to the same valley. This time David is told not to march straight up, but to circle around behind them and attack in front of the balsam trees. Then comes the chapter's wonderfully peculiar signal: a sound of marching in the tops of the trees. When it is heard, David is to move quickly, because the LORD has gone out before him. David does as commanded and strikes the Philistines from Gibeon to Gezer.

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    1. 2 Sam 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

    2. 2 Sam 5:2Even 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. 2 Sam 5:3So 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. 2 Sam 5:4David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

    5. 2 Sam 5:5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

    6. 2 Sam 5:6Now 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.”

    7. 2 Sam 5:7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

    8. 2 Sam 5:8On 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.”

    9. 2 Sam 5:9So 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.

    10. 2 Sam 5:10And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.

    11. 2 Sam 5:11Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

    12. 2 Sam 5:12And 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. 2 Sam 5:13After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

    14. 2 Sam 5:14These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

    15. 2 Sam 5:15Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

    16. 2 Sam 5:16Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

    17. 2 Sam 5:17When 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. 2 Sam 5:18Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

    19. 2 Sam 5:19So 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. 2 Sam 5:20So 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. 2 Sam 5:21There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.

    22. 2 Sam 5:22Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

    23. 2 Sam 5:23So 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. 2 Sam 5:24As 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. 2 Sam 5:25So 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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    • 2Matthew 2:6‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
    • 2Micah 5:4He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
    • 2Ezekiel 34:23I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
    • 2Ezekiel 37:24–25My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.
    • 2John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
    • 242 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
    • 11 Chronicles 11:1–3Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
    • 22 Samuel 7:7In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
    • 24Judges 4:14Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
    • 192 Samuel 2:1Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
    • 21 Samuel 25:30When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
    • 102 Samuel 3:1Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
    • 191 Samuel 23:2So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
    • 24Judges 7:15When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
    • 2Isaiah 55:4Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
    • 2Psalms 78:70–72He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

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