2 Samuel 5

King James Version · 25 verses · 414 cross-references linking it to 197 other chapters

1. 1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.31 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 11:1–3, Ephesians 5:30, 2 Samuel 19:13, Genesis 29:14, 1 Chronicles 12:23–40
2. 2Also 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.49 cross-references: Matthew 2:6, Micah 5:4, Ezekiel 34:23, Ezekiel 37:24–25, John 10:11
3. 3So 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.30 cross-references: 2 Samuel 2:4, 1 Samuel 23:18, 1 Samuel 16:13, 2 Kings 11:17, 2 Samuel 3:21
4. 4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.12 cross-references: Luke 3:23, 1 Chronicles 26:31, 1 Chronicles 29:27, 1 Kings 2:11, 1 Chronicles 3:4
5. 5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.11 cross-references: 2 Samuel 2:11, 1 Chronicles 3:4, 1 Kings 2:11
6. 6And 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.21 cross-references: Judges 1:8, Judges 1:21, 1 Chronicles 11:4–9, Joshua 15:63, Jeremiah 37:10
7. 7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.33 cross-references: 1 Kings 2:10, 2 Samuel 6:12, 2 Samuel 6:16, Isaiah 59:20, Micah 4:2
8. 8And 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.6 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 11:6–9, 1 Samuel 17:25, Joshua 15:16–17
9. 9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.21 cross-references: 1 Kings 9:15, 1 Kings 9:24, 2 Chronicles 32:5, 1 Kings 11:27, 2 Samuel 5:7
10. 10And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.16 cross-references: 2 Samuel 3:1, Psalms 46:11, Romans 8:31, Luke 2:52, Isaiah 9:7
11. 11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.18 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 14:1, 1 Kings 5:1–2, 1 Kings 5:18, Jeremiah 22:14–16, 1 Kings 7:1–12
12. 12And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.10 cross-references: 2 Samuel 7:16, 1 Kings 10:9, 1 Chronicles 14:2, Daniel 2:30, 2 Chronicles 2:11
13. 13And 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.16 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 3:9, Deuteronomy 17:17, 2 Chronicles 11:18–21, 1 Chronicles 14:3–7, 2 Chronicles 13:21
14. 14And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,12 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 3:5–9, 2 Samuel 12:24–25, 2 Samuel 12:1–7, Luke 2:31, 1 Chronicles 14:4
15. 15Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,5 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 14:5, 1 Chronicles 3:6
16. 16And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.3 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 3:8, 1 Chronicles 14:7
17. 17But 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.10 cross-references: 2 Samuel 23:14, 1 Chronicles 11:16, 1 Chronicles 14:8–9, Psalms 2:1–5, Revelation 11:15–18
18. 18The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.17 cross-references: Joshua 15:8, Joshua 17:15, Genesis 14:5, 2 Samuel 23:13, Isaiah 17:5
19. 19And 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.28 cross-references: 2 Samuel 2:1, 1 Kings 22:15–23, 1 Samuel 23:2, Proverbs 3:6, Judges 20:28
20. 20And 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.6 cross-references: Isaiah 28:21
21. 21And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.15 cross-references: Deuteronomy 7:5, 1 Chronicles 14:11–12, Isaiah 46:1–2, Jeremiah 43:12, Isaiah 37:19
22. 22And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.12 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 14:13, 1 Kings 20:22, 2 Samuel 5:18
23. 23And 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.18 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 14:14, Joshua 8:2, Joshua 8:7, Matthew 9:29–30, John 9:6–7
24. 24And 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.15 cross-references: 2 Kings 7:6, Judges 4:14, Judges 7:15, 1 Samuel 14:9–12, 1 Chronicles 14:15
25. 25And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.7 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 14:16, Isaiah 28:21, Joshua 16:10

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People in 2 Samuel 5

David, God, Judah, Hiram, Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada, Eliphalet

Places in 2 Samuel 5

Hebron, Jerusalem, Valley of Rephaim, United Kingdom of Israel, Zion, Millo, Tyre, Baal-perazim, Geba, Gezer

Hard questions about 2 Samuel 5

• Did Joshua take Jerusalem, or could Judah not drive out the Jebusites?
• Why do the three lists of David’s sons born in Jerusalem differ?
• Did David bring the ark to Jerusalem before or after he defeated the Philistines?
• Was Solomon Bathsheba’s second son or her fourth?
• Did Absalom rebel “after forty years”, when David reigned only forty years in all?

Archaeology

• Amarna letters c. 1360–1332 BC