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Ruth 3

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¹ They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, "Look, the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; thus the LORD has granted my lord the king vengeance this day on Saul and on his descendants."

² David replied to Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every adversity,

³ when a man told me, 'Behold, Saul is dead,'[2] thinking that he was bringing good news, I seized and killed him in Ziklag, to reward him for his news.

⁴ How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous and just man in his own house on his bed, shall I not require his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?"

⁵ So David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hung them beside the pool in Hebron. But they took Ish-bosheth's head and buried it in Hebron in the tomb of Abner [his relative].

⁶ Then[1] all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

⁷ In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out [to war] and brought Israel in [from battle]. And the LORD told you, 'You shall shepherd My people Israel and be ruler over them.'"

⁸ So all the elders (tribal leaders) of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed him king over Israel.

⁹ David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

¹⁰ In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

¹¹ Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, "You shall not enter here, for the blind and the lame [even the weakest among us] will turn you away"; they thought, "David cannot come in here [because the walls are impenetrable]."

¹² Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold (fortress) of Zion, that is, the City of David.

¹³ Then David said on that day, "Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him go up through the [underground] water shaft to strike the lame and the blind, who are detested by David's soul [because of their arrogance]." So [for that reason] they say, "The blind or the lame (Jebusites) shall not come into the [royal] house [of Israel]."

¹⁴ So David lived in the stronghold and called it the City of David. And he built all around [the surrounding area] from the[2] Millo [fortification] and inward.

¹⁵ David became greater and greater, for the LORD, the God of hosts (armies), was with him.

¹⁶ Now Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, carpenters, and stonemasons; and they built a house (palace) for David.

¹⁷ And David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for His people Israel's sake.

¹⁸ David took more[3] concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to him.

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1	They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, "Look, the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; thus the LORD has granted my lord the king vengeance this day on Saul and on his descendants."
2	David replied to Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every adversity,
3	when a man told me, 'Behold, Saul is dead,'[2] thinking that he was bringing good news, I seized and killed him in Ziklag, to reward him for his news.
4	How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous and just man in his own house on his bed, shall I not require his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?"
5	So David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hung them beside the pool in Hebron. But they took Ish-bosheth's head and buried it in Hebron in the tomb of Abner [his relative].
6	Then[1] all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
7	In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out [to war] and brought Israel in [from battle]. And the LORD told you, 'You shall shepherd My people Israel and be ruler over them.'"
8	So all the elders (tribal leaders) of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed him king over Israel.
9	David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
10	In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
11	Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, "You shall not enter here, for the blind and the lame [even the weakest among us] will turn you away"; they thought, "David cannot come in here [because the walls are impenetrable]."
12	Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold (fortress) of Zion, that is, the City of David.
13	Then David said on that day, "Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him go up through the [underground] water shaft to strike the lame and the blind, who are detested by David's soul [because of their arrogance]." So [for that reason] they say, "The blind or the lame (Jebusites) shall not come into the [royal] house [of Israel]."
14	So David lived in the stronghold and called it the City of David. And he built all around [the surrounding area] from the[2] Millo [fortification] and inward.
15	David became greater and greater, for the LORD, the God of hosts (armies), was with him.
16	Now Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, carpenters, and stonemasons; and they built a house (palace) for David.
17	And David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for His people Israel's sake.
18	David took more[3] concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to him.

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