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World English Bible

2 Samuel 5 (WEBP)

[1] Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
[2] In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. Yahweh said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be prince over Israel.’”
[3] So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; 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.
[6] The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “The blind and the lame will keep you out of here,” thinking, “David can’t come in here.”
[7] Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city.
[8] David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him go up to the watercourse and strike those lame and blind, who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame can’t come into the house.”
[9] David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.
[10] David grew greater and greater, for Yahweh, the God of Armies, was with him.
[11] Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, with cedar trees, carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
[12] David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
[13] David took more concubines and wives for himself out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.
[14] These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
[15] Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
[16] Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
[17] When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David, but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold.
[18] Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
[19] David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?” Yahweh said to David, “Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
[20] David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there. Then he said, “Yahweh has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters.” Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
[21] They left their images there, and David and his men took them away.
[22] The Philistines came up yet again and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
[23] When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, “You shall not go up. Circle around behind them, and attack them in front of the mulberry trees.
[24] When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then stir yourself up; for then Yahweh has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.”
[25] David did so, as Yahweh commanded him, and struck the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.

2 Samuel 5:20 “Baal Perazim” means “Lord who breaks out”.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Samuel 5 (KJVS)

[1] Then came () all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, () saying, () Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
[2] Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out () and broughtest in () Israel: and the Lord said () to thee, Thou shalt feed () my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
[3] So all the elders of Israel came () to the king to Hebron; and king David made () a league with them in 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 and three years over all Israel and Judah.
[6] And the king and his men went () to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants () of the land: which spake () unto David, saying, () Except thou take away () the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in () hither: thinking, () David cannot come in () hither.
[7] Nevertheless David took () the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
[8] And David said () on that day, Whosoever getteth up () to the gutter, and smiteth () the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated () of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, () The blind and the lame shall not come () into the house.
[9] So David dwelt () in the fort, and called () it the city of David. And David built () round about from Millo and inward.
[10] And David went () on, () and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.
[11] And Hiram king of Tyre sent () messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built () David an house.
[12] And David perceived () that the Lord had established () him king over Israel, and that he had exalted () his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
[13] And David took () him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come () from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born () to David.
[14] And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
[15] Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
[16] and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
[17] But when the Philistines heard () that they had anointed () David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up () to seek () David; and David heard () of it, and went down () to the hold.
[18] The Philistines also came () and spread () themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
[19] And David enquired () of the Lord, saying, () Shall I go up () to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver () them into mine hand? And the Lord said () unto David, Go up: () for I will doubtless () deliver () the Philistines into thine hand.
[20] And David came () to Baal-perazim, and David smote () them there, and said, () The Lord hath broken forth () upon mine enemies () before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called () the name of that place Baal-perazim.
[21] And there they left () their images, and David and his men burned () them.
[22] And the Philistines came up () yet again, () and spread () themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
[23] And when David enquired () of the Lord, he said, () Thou shalt not go up; () but fetch a compass () behind them, and come () upon them over against the mulberry trees.
[24] And let it be, when thou hearest () the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir () thyself: for then shall the Lord go out () before thee, to smite () the host of the Philistines.
[25] And David did so, () as the Lord had commanded () him; and smote () the Philistines from Geba until thou come () to Gazer.

2 Samuel 5:6 Or, saying, David shall not etc.
2 Samuel 5:8 Or, because he had said even the blind and the lame, He shall not come into the house
2 Samuel 5:10 Heb. went, going and growing
2 Samuel 5:11 Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall
2 Samuel 5:20 That is, the plain of breaches
2 Samuel 5:25 Also called, Gibeon

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Samuel 5 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () παραγίνονται () πᾶσαι () αἱ () φυλαὶ () Ισραηλ () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () εἰς () Χεβρων καὶ () εἶπαν αὐτῷ () Ἰδοὺ () ὀστᾶ σου () καὶ () σάρκες () σου () ἡμεῖς· ()
[2] καὶ () ἐχθὲς () καὶ () τρίτην () ὄντος () Σαουλ () βασιλέως () ἐφ’ () ἡμῖν () σὺ () ἦσθα () ὁ () ἐξάγων () καὶ () εἰσάγων () τὸν () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () εἶπεν κύριος () πρὸς () σέ () Σὺ () ποιμανεῖς () τὸν () λαόν () μου () τὸν () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () σὺ () ἔσει () εἰς () ἡγούμενον () ἐπὶ () τὸν () Ισραηλ. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἔρχονται () πάντες () οἱ () πρεσβύτεροι () Ισραηλ () πρὸς () τὸν () βασιλέα () εἰς () Χεβρων, καὶ () διέθετο () αὐτοῖς () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Δαυιδ () διαθήκην () ἐν () Χεβρων ἐνώπιον κυρίου, () καὶ () χρίουσιν () τὸν () Δαυιδ () εἰς () βασιλέα () ἐπὶ () πάντα () Ισραηλ. () —
[4] υἱὸς () τριάκοντα () ἐτῶν () Δαυιδ () ἐν () τῷ () βασιλεῦσαι () αὐτὸν () καὶ () τεσσαράκοντα () ἔτη () ἐβασίλευσεν, ()
[5] ἑπτὰ () ἔτη () καὶ () ἓξ () μῆνας () ἐβασίλευσεν () ἐν () Χεβρων ἐπὶ () τὸν () Ιουδαν () καὶ () τριάκοντα () τρία () ἔτη () ἐβασίλευσεν () ἐπὶ () πάντα () Ισραηλ () καὶ () Ιουδαν () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἀπῆλθεν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () αὐτοῦ () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ () πρὸς () τὸν () Ιεβουσαῖον τὸν () κατοικοῦντα () τὴν () γῆν. () Καὶ () ἐρρέθη () τῷ () Δαυιδ () Οὐκ () εἰσελεύσει () ὧδε, () ὅτι () ἀντέστησαν () οἱ () τυφλοὶ () καὶ () οἱ () χωλοί, () λέγοντες () ὅτι () Οὐκ () εἰσελεύσεται () Δαυιδ () ὧδε. ()
[7] Καὶ () κατελάβετο () Δαυιδ () τὴν () περιοχὴν () Σιων () [αὕτη () ἡ () πόλις () τοῦ () Δαυιδ]. ()
[8] Καὶ () εἶπεν Δαυιδ () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () Πᾶς () τύπτων () Ιεβουσαῖον ἁπτέσθω () ἐν () παραξιφίδι καὶ () τοὺς () χωλοὺς () καὶ () τοὺς () τυφλοὺς () καὶ () τοὺς () μισοῦντας () τὴν () ψυχὴν () Δαυιδ· () διὰ () τοῦτο () ἐροῦσιν () Τυφλοὶ () καὶ () χωλοὶ () οὐκ () εἰσελεύσονται () εἰς () οἶκον () κυρίου. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () Δαυιδ () ἐν () τῇ () περιοχῇ, () καὶ () ἐκλήθη () αὕτη () ἡ () πόλις () Δαυιδ· () καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () τὴν () πόλιν () κύκλῳ () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ἄκρας καὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐπορεύετο () Δαυιδ () πορευόμενος () καὶ () μεγαλυνόμενος, () καὶ () κύριος () παντοκράτωρ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ. () —
[11] καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Χιραμ βασιλεὺς () Τύρου () ἀγγέλους () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () καὶ () ξύλα () κέδρινα καὶ () τέκτονας () ξύλων () καὶ () τέκτονας () λίθων, () καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησαν () οἶκον () τῷ () Δαυιδ. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἔγνω () Δαυιδ () ὅτι () ἡτοίμασεν () αὐτὸν () κύριος () εἰς () βασιλέα () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ὅτι () ἐπήρθη () ἡ () βασιλεία () αὐτοῦ () διὰ () τὸν () λαὸν () αὐτοῦ () Ισραηλ. () —
[13] καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Δαυιδ () ἔτι () γυναῖκας () καὶ () παλλακὰς ἐξ () Ιερουσαλημ () μετὰ () τὸ () ἐλθεῖν () αὐτὸν () ἐκ () Χεβρων, καὶ () ἐγένοντο () τῷ () Δαυιδ () ἔτι () υἱοὶ () καὶ () θυγατέρες. ()
[14] Καὶ () ταῦτα () τὰ () ὀνόματα () τῶν () γεννηθέντων () αὐτῷ () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ· () Σαμμους καὶ () Σωβαβ καὶ () Ναθαν () καὶ () Σαλωμων
[15] καὶ () Εβεαρ καὶ () Ελισους καὶ () Ναφεκ καὶ () Ιεφιες
[16] καὶ () Ελισαμα καὶ () Ελιδαε καὶ () Ελιφαλαθ, Σαμαε, Ιεσσιβαθ, Ναθαν, () Γαλαμααν, Ιεβααρ, Θεησους, Ελφαλατ, Ναγεδ, Ναφεκ, Ιαναθα, Λεασαμυς, Βααλιμαθ, Ελιφαλαθ.
[17] Καὶ () ἤκουσαν () ἀλλόφυλοι () ὅτι () κέχρισται () Δαυιδ () βασιλεὺς () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ, () καὶ () ἀνέβησαν () πάντες () οἱ () ἀλλόφυλοι () ζητεῖν () τὸν () Δαυιδ· () καὶ () ἤκουσεν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () κατέβη () εἰς () τὴν () περιοχήν. ()
[18] Καὶ () οἱ () ἀλλόφυλοι () παραγίνονται () καὶ () συνέπεσαν εἰς () τὴν () κοιλάδα τῶν () τιτάνων.
[19] Καὶ () ἠρώτησεν () Δαυιδ () διὰ () κυρίου () λέγων () Εἰ () ἀναβῶ () πρὸς () τοὺς () ἀλλοφύλους () καὶ () παραδώσεις () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () τὰς () χεῖράς () μου; () Καὶ () εἶπεν κύριος () πρὸς () Δαυιδ () Ἀνάβαινε, () ὅτι () παραδιδοὺς () παραδώσω () τοὺς () ἀλλοφύλους () εἰς () τὰς () χεῖράς () σου. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () Δαυιδ () ἐκ () τῶν () ἐπάνω () διακοπῶν καὶ () ἔκοψεν () τοὺς () ἀλλοφύλους () ἐκεῖ, () καὶ () εἶπεν Δαυιδ () Διέκοψεν κύριος () τοὺς () ἐχθρούς () μου () τοὺς () ἀλλοφύλους () ἐνώπιον ἐμοῦ () ὡς () διακόπτεται ὕδατα· () διὰ () τοῦτο () ἐκλήθη () τὸ () ὄνομα () τοῦ () τόπου () ἐκείνου () Ἐπάνω () διακοπῶν.
[21] Καὶ () καταλιμπάνουσιν ἐκεῖ () τοὺς () θεοὺς () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἐλάβοσαν () αὐτοὺς () Δαυιδ () καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () οἱ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ. () —
[22] καὶ () προσέθεντο () ἔτι () ἀλλόφυλοι () τοῦ () ἀναβῆναι () καὶ () συνέπεσαν ἐν () τῇ () κοιλάδι τῶν () τιτάνων.
[23] Καὶ () ἐπηρώτησεν () Δαυιδ () διὰ () κυρίου, () καὶ () εἶπεν κύριος () Οὐκ () ἀναβήσει () εἰς () συνάντησιν () αὐτῶν, () ἀποστρέφου () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν () καὶ () παρέσει () αὐτοῖς () πλησίον () τοῦ () κλαυθμῶνος·
[24] καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῷ () ἀκοῦσαί () σε () τὴν () φωνὴν () τοῦ () συγκλεισμοῦ τοῦ () ἄλσους τοῦ () κλαυθμῶνος, τότε () καταβήσει () πρὸς () αὐτούς, () ὅτι () τότε () ἐξελεύσεται () κύριος () ἔμπροσθέν () σου () κόπτειν () ἐν () τῷ () πολέμῳ () τῶν () ἀλλοφύλων. ()
[25] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () Δαυιδ () καθὼς () ἐνετείλατο () αὐτῷ () κύριος, () καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () τοὺς () ἀλλοφύλους () ἀπὸ () Γαβαων ἕως () τῆς () γῆς () Γαζηρα.

2 Samuel 5:16 Originally verses 5:16 and 5:16a.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.