I. CHRONICLES XI. 17.

11 THEN all Israél gathered_them-
selves to David unto / Hebron, saying, “ Behold, wwe are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thon wast he that_ leddest_out and broughtest_in ~Israel : and Jthe Lorp thy =God said unto thee, ‘how shalt_ffeed My -people eIsraél, and thon shalt_be ruler over My people Israél.’”
3 Therefore came all the_elders_of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David «made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jthe Lorn; and they anointed ~David king over Israél, ac- cording-to the_word_of Jthe Lorp by a’ Samuel.
4 And David and all Israél went to Jerusalem, which ts Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the_inhabitants_of the land.
5 And the_inhabitants_of Jebus said to David, “Thou shalt not come hither.”’ Nevertheless David took -the_scastle_ of Zion, which 7s the_city_of David.
6 And David said,“ Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall_be chief and captain.” So Joab the_son_of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
7 And David dwelt in the s castle; therefore they called it the_city _of David.
8 And he built the city round_about, even from *xMillo round_about: and Joab 'repaired -the_rest_of the city.
9 So David waxed greater and greater: for Jthe Lorp of_hosts was with him.
10 These also are the_chief_of the mighty_men whom David had, who strengthened_themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israél, to make _him_king, according_to the_ word_of J the Lorp concerning Israél.
11 And this 7s the_number_of the mighty_men whom David had; Jash- obeam, a Hachmonite, the _chief_of the captains: he lifted_up his -spear against three hundred Slain by him at one time.
2 And after him was Eleazar the_ son_of Dodo, the Ahohite, wha was one of the three xmighties,
18 He was with David at xPasdammim, and there the Philistines were_gathered_
together to xbattle, where was a parcel_| 25
of xground full of barley; and the -people fled from before the Philis- tines.
14 And they set_themselves in the_ midst_of that xparcel, and delivered it and slew «the Philistines; and / the LorD saved them by a great deliver- ance.
15 Now three of the thirty captains went_down to the rock to David, into the_cave_of Adullam ; and the_host_of the Philistines encamped in the_valley_ of Rephaim.
16 And David was then in the st hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth-lehem,
17 And Dayid longed, and said, “Oh that_one would_give_me_drink of the_ =water_of the_well_of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate!”
B.C. 1048.
ISRAEL GATHERED TO HEBRON.
1048. 1, 2, 2S5AM. bal, 25 h. Hebron, Joining. J. Jehovah, J. feed_as_a shepherd,
DAVID ANOINTED KING.
3. 2SAM. 5.3. ec, confirmed,
at. the. hand.of.
CASTLE OF ZION TAKEN. 4-6. 2SAM,
5. 6-8.
s. strong- hold.
THE CIty OF DAVID. 7-9. 2 SAM.
Sy
7, rampart,
DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN. JASH- OBEAM. 10,11. 2SaAM.
23. 8.
1 Sam. 16. 1,12.
ELEAZAR (AND SHAMMAH). 12-14. 25AM. 23. 9, 10. Compare,
am. 23, 11, 12. 1047.
THREE OF THE THIRTY CARTAINS. THE CAVE OF ADULLAM. 15-19. 2SAM. 23. 13-17. st, strong-
hold.
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