2 Samuel 5
- 1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying we are your bone and your flesh.
- 2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he who led out and brought in Israel: and the Lord said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be a captain over Israel.
- 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron. King David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.
- 4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
- 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.
- 6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites, the people of the land: which spoke to David, saying, Unless you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here: thinking, David cannot come in here.
- 7But David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
- 8And David said on that day, Whoever gets up to the gutter, and strikes the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Therefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
- 9So David lived in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built around from Millo and inward.
- 10And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.
- 11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house.
- 12And David realized that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had lifted up his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
- 13And David took him more secondary wives and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
- 14And these be the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem, Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
- 15Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
- 16And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
- 17But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David. David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
- 18The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
- 19And David asked the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said to David, Go up. For I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.
- 20And David came to Baalperazim, and David struck them there, and said, The Lord has broken out on my enemies before me, like a flood bursting through. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
- 21And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
- 22And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
- 23And when David asked the Lord, he said, You shall not go up. But go around behind them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees.
- 24And let it be, when you hear the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall act quickly. For then shall the Lord go out before you, to strike the army of the Philistines.
- 25And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him. Struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gazer.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 2 Samuel 5 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVThen came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
GIGAKJVThen all the tribes of Israel came to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying we are your bone and your flesh.
KJVAlso 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.
GIGAKJVAlso in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he who led out and brought in Israel: and the Lord said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be a captain over Israel.
KJVSo 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.
GIGAKJVSo all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron. King David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the king and his men went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites, the people of the land: which spoke to David, saying, Unless you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here: thinking, David cannot come in here.
KJVNevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
GIGAKJVBut David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd David said on that day, Whoever gets up to the gutter, and strikes the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Therefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
KJVSo David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
GIGAKJVSo David lived in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built around from Millo and inward.
KJVAnd Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
GIGAKJVAnd Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house.
KJVAnd David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
GIGAKJVAnd David realized that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had lifted up his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd David took him more secondary wives and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
KJVAnd these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
GIGAKJVAnd these be the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem, Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David. David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd David asked the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said to David, Go up. For I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.
KJVAnd David came to Baalperazim, 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 Baalperazim.
GIGAKJVAnd David came to Baalperazim, and David struck them there, and said, The Lord has broken out on my enemies before me, like a flood bursting through. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd when David asked the Lord, he said, You shall not go up. But go around behind them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd let it be, when you hear the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall act quickly. For then shall the Lord go out before you, to strike the army of the Philistines.
KJVAnd David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
GIGAKJVAnd David did so, as the Lord had commanded him. Struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gazer.
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