2 Samuel 5:1-13
2 Samuel 5.1-13
David Becomes King of Israel
"Israel's leaders met with David at Hebron and said, "We are your
relatives. Even when Saul was king, you led our nation in battle. And
the Lord promised that someday you would rule Israel and take care of
us like a shepherd."
During the meeting, David made an agreement with the leaders and asked
the Lord to be their witness. Then the leaders poured olive oil on
David's head to show that he was now the king of Israel. David was
thirty years old when he became king, and he ruled for forty years.
He lived in Hebron for the first seven and a half years and ruled only
Judah. Then he moved to Jerusalem, where he ruled both Israel and
Judah for thirty-three years.
How David Captured Jerusalem
The Jebusites lived in Jerusalem, and David led his army there to
attack them. The Jebusites did not think he could get in, so they told
him, "You can't get in here! We could run you off, even if we couldn't
see or walk!" David told his troops, "You will have to go up through
the water tunnel to get those Jebusites. I hate people like them who
can't walk or see." That's why there is still a rule that says, "Only
people who can walk and see are allowed in the temple." David captured
the fortress on Mount Zion, then he moved there and named it David's
City. He had the city rebuilt, starting with the landfill to the east.
David became a great and strong ruler, because the Lord All-Powerful
was on his side. King Hiram of Tyre sent some officials to David.
Carpenters and stone workers came with them, and they brought cedar
logs so they could build David a palace. David knew that the Lord had
made him king of Israel and that he had made him a powerful ruler for
the good of his people.
David's Sons Born in Jerusalem
After David left Hebron and moved to Jerusalem, he married many women
from Jerusalem, and he had a lot of children."
God bless you.
David Becomes King of Israel
"Israel's leaders met with David at Hebron and said, "We are your
relatives. Even when Saul was king, you led our nation in battle. And
the Lord promised that someday you would rule Israel and take care of
us like a shepherd."
During the meeting, David made an agreement with the leaders and asked
the Lord to be their witness. Then the leaders poured olive oil on
David's head to show that he was now the king of Israel. David was
thirty years old when he became king, and he ruled for forty years.
He lived in Hebron for the first seven and a half years and ruled only
Judah. Then he moved to Jerusalem, where he ruled both Israel and
Judah for thirty-three years.
How David Captured Jerusalem
The Jebusites lived in Jerusalem, and David led his army there to
attack them. The Jebusites did not think he could get in, so they told
him, "You can't get in here! We could run you off, even if we couldn't
see or walk!" David told his troops, "You will have to go up through
the water tunnel to get those Jebusites. I hate people like them who
can't walk or see." That's why there is still a rule that says, "Only
people who can walk and see are allowed in the temple." David captured
the fortress on Mount Zion, then he moved there and named it David's
City. He had the city rebuilt, starting with the landfill to the east.
David became a great and strong ruler, because the Lord All-Powerful
was on his side. King Hiram of Tyre sent some officials to David.
Carpenters and stone workers came with them, and they brought cedar
logs so they could build David a palace. David knew that the Lord had
made him king of Israel and that he had made him a powerful ruler for
the good of his people.
David's Sons Born in Jerusalem
After David left Hebron and moved to Jerusalem, he married many women
from Jerusalem, and he had a lot of children."
God bless you.
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