2 Samuel 5:1-10New King James Version (NKJV)
David Reigns over All Israel
5 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at
Hebron and spoke, saying, “Indeed we are your bone and your
flesh. 2 Also, in time past, when Saul was king
over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and
the Lord said to you, ‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be
ruler over Israel.’” 3 Therefore all the elders of
Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at
Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel. 4 David was thirty
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty
years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven
years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all
Israel and Judah.
The Conquest of Jerusalem
6 And the king and his men went to
Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to
David, saying, “You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will
repel you,” thinking, “David cannot come in here.” 7 Nevertheless
David took the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of
David).
8 Now David said on that day,
“Whoever climbs up by way of the water shaft and defeats the Jebusites (the
lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul), he
shall be chief and captain.”[a] Therefore they say,
“The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.”
9 Then David dwelt in the stronghold,
and called it the City of David. And David built all around from the Millo[b] and inward. 10 So
David went on and became great, and the Lord God of hosts was with
him.
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