Quotes about David
So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
- 2 Samuel 5:9
And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.
- 2 Samuel 5:10
And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
- 2 Samuel 5:12
After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
- 2 Samuel 5:13
When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.
- 2 Samuel 5:17
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 2 Samuel 5:18
So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
- 2 Samuel 5:19
So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
- 2 Samuel 5:20
There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
- 2 Samuel 5:21
So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
- 2 Samuel 5:23
So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
- 2 Samuel 5:25
David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.
- 2 Samuel 6:1