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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Becomes King Over Israel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, &#8220;We are your own flesh and blood. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to you, &#8216;You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant with them at Hebron before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and they anointed David king over Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Conquers Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, &#8220;You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off.&#8221; They thought, &#8220;David cannot get in here.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion&#8212;which is the City of David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">On that day David had said, &#8220;Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those &#8216;lame and blind&#8217; who are David&#8217;s enemies.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">are hated by David</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221; That is why they say, &#8220;The &#8216;blind and lame&#8217; will not enter the palace.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the terraces</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Millo</span></span></span><span class="content"> inward. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And he became more and more powerful, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty was with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then David knew that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">These are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Defeats the Philistines</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">so David inquired of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.5.19"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered him, &#8220;Go, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So David went to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, &#8220;As waters break out, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has broken out against my enemies before me.&#8221; So that place was called Baal Perazim.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:20 </span><span class="fq">Baal Perazim </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">the lord who breaks out.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Once more the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">so David inquired of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he answered, &#8220;Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the poplar trees. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, move quickly, because that will mean the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">So David did as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:25 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 14:16); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Geba</span></span></span><span class="content"> to Gezer.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">143</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 143</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, hear my prayer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">listen to my cry for mercy;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">in your faithfulness and righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">come to my relief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.143.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.143.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do not bring your servant into judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.143.2"><span class="content">for no one living is righteous before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.143.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The enemy pursues me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">he crushes me to the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">he makes me dwell in the darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">like those long dead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.143.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.143.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So my spirit grows faint within me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.143.4"><span class="content">my heart within me is dismayed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.143.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I remember the days of long ago;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="content">I meditate on all your works</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="content">and consider what your hands have done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.143.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.143.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I spread out my hands to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.143.6"><span class="content">I thirst for you like a parched land.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">143:6 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.143.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Answer me quickly, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">my spirit fails.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">Do not hide your face from me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">or I will be like those who go down to the pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.143.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">for I have put my trust in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">Show me the way I should go,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">for to you I entrust my life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.143.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.143.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Rescue me from my enemies, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.143.9"><span class="content">for I hide myself in you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.143.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Teach me to do your will,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">for you are my God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">may your good Spirit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">lead me on level ground.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.143.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.143.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For your name&#8217;s sake, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, preserve my life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.143.11"><span class="content">in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.143.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.143.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.143.12"><span class="content">destroy all my foes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.143.12"><span class="content">for I am your servant.</span></span></div>
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