1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and
2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that
3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king
4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in
6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the
7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the
8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter,
9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And
10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was
11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees,
12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over
13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem,
14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in
17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king
18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of
19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the
20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and
21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned
22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in
23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go
24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops
25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the