Verse 12

2 Samuel 5:12

American Standard Version Byzantine Text

12 And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.

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 came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone... Focus ↗

2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: an... Focus ↗

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in... Focus ↗

4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. Focus ↗

5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and t... Focus ↗

6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who s... Focus ↗

7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David. Focus ↗

8 And David said on that day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and... Focus ↗

9 And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from... Focus ↗

10 And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of hosts, was with him. Focus ↗

11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and th... Focus ↗

12 And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his k...

13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and th... Focus ↗

14 And these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nath... Focus ↗

15 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, Focus ↗

16 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet. Focus ↗

17 And when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines we... Focus ↗

18 Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Focus ↗

19 And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them... Focus ↗

20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, Jehovah hath broken mine en... Focus ↗

21 And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away. Focus ↗

22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Focus ↗

23 And when David inquired of Jehovah, he said, Thou shalt not go up: make a circuit behind them, and c... Focus ↗

24 And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that the... Focus ↗

25 And David did so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to G... Focus ↗

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