Verse 12
2 Samuel 5:12
Bible in Basic English
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And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּ֣דַע דָּוִ֔ד כִּֽי הֱכִינ֧/וֹ יְהוָ֛ה לְ/מֶ֖לֶךְ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ/כִי֙ נִשֵּׂ֣א מַמְלַכְתּ֔/וֹ בַּ/עֲב֖וּר עַמּ֥/וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your fle...
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2
In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out...
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3
So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement wi...
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4
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,
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5
Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Ju...
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6
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the people of the land: and they s...
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7
But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.
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8
And that day David said, Whoever makes an attack on the Jebusites, let him go up by the water-pipe,...
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9
So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in...
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10
And David became greater and greater; for the Lord, the God (Elohim) of armies, was with him.
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11
And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and t...
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12
And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his...
13
And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more son...
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14
These are the names of those whose birth took place in Jerusalem: Shammua and Shobab and Nathan and...
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15
And Ibhar and Elishua and Nepheg and Japhia
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16
And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet.
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17
And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in sea...
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18
And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.
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19
And David, desiring directions from the Lord, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? will you...
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20
And David went to Baal-perazim, and overcame them there; and he said, The Lord has let the forces fi...
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21
And the Philistines, when they went in flight, did not take their images with them, and David and hi...
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22
And the Philistines came up again, and went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.
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23
And when David went for directions to the Lord, he said, You are not to go up against them in front;...
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24
Then at the sound of footsteps in the tops of the trees, go forward quickly, for the Lord has gone o...
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25
And David did as the Lord had said; and he overcame the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon to n...
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