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New Living Translation (NLT)

2 Samuel 5
⁸ On the day of the attack, David said to his troops, “I hate those ‘lame’ and ‘blind’ Jebusites. Whoever attacks them should strike by going into the city through the water tunnel.” That is the origin of the saying, “The blind and the lame may not enter the house.”
⁹ So David made the fortress his home, and he called it the City of David. He extended the city, starting at the supporting terraces and working inward.
¹⁰ And David became more and more powerful, because the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies was with him.
¹¹ Then King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar timber and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built David a palace.
¹² And David realized that the LORD had confirmed him as king over Israel and had blessed his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
¹³ After moving from Hebron to Jerusalem, David married more concubines and wives, and they had more sons and daughters.
¹⁴ These are the names of David’s sons who were born in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
¹⁵ Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
¹⁶ Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
¹⁷ When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David was told they were coming, so he went into the stronghold.
¹⁸ The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim.