Verse 3
2 Samuel 5:3
Literal Standard Version
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And all the elderly of Israel come to the king, to Hebron, and King David makes a covenant with them in Hebron before YHWH, and they anoint David for king over Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ֠/יָּבֹאוּ כָּל זִקְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֶל הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ חֶבְר֔וֹנָ/ה וַ/יִּכְרֹ֣ת לָ/הֶם֩ הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ דָּוִ֥ד בְּרִ֛ית בְּ/חֶבְר֖וֹן לִ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַ/יִּמְשְׁח֧וּ אֶת דָּוִ֛ד לְ/מֶ֖לֶךְ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And all the elders of Israel came to King Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David as king over Israel.
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Chapter 5 Context
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And all the tribes of Israel come to David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, “Behold, we are your bone...
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also thus far, in Saul’s being king over us, you have been he who is bringing out and bringing in Is...
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And all the elderly of Israel come to the king, to Hebron, and King David makes a covenant with them...
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A son of thirty years is David in his being king; he has reigned for forty years;
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he reigned over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thir...
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And the king goes, and his men, to Jerusalem, to the Jebusite, the inhabitant of the land, and they...
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And David captures the fortress of Zion, it is the City of David.
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And on that day David says, “Anyone striking the Jebusite, let him go up by the watercourse (and the...
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And David dwells in the fortress, and calls it the City of David, and David builds all around, from...
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and David goes, going on and becoming great, and YHWH, God (Elohim) of Hosts, is with him.
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And Hiram king of Tyre sends messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and craftsmen of wood, and crafts...
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and David knows that YHWH has established him for king over Israel, and that He has lifted up his ki...
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And again David takes concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and again...
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And these are the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Sol...
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and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
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and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
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And the Philistines hear that they have anointed David for king over Israel, and all the Philistines...
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and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
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And David asks of YHWH, saying, “Do I go up to the Philistines? Do You give them into my hand?” And...
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And David comes to Ba‘al-Perazim, and David strikes them there, and says, “YHWH has broken forth on...
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And they forsake their idols there, and David and his men lift them up.
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And the Philistines add again to come up, and are spread out in the Valley of Rephaim,
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and David asks of YHWH, and He says, “You do not go up, turn around to their rear, and you have come...
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and it comes to pass, in your hearing the sound of a stepping in the tops of the mulberries, then yo...
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And David does so, as YHWH commanded him, and strikes the Philistines from Geba to your coming to Ga...
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