Rev. Chris Enoch - July 5, 2015
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Scriptures:
2 Samuel 5:1-10
All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood. In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’ ”
When all the elders of Israel had
come to King David at Hebron, the king made a compact with them at Hebron
before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he
reigned forty years. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six
months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three
years.
The king and his men marched to
Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to
David, “You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you
off.” They thought, “David cannot get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured
the fortress of Zion, the City of David.
On that day, David said, “Anyone
who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those
‘lame and blind’ who are David’s enemies.” That is why they say, “The ‘blind
and lame’ will not enter the palace.”
David then took up residence in
the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it,
from the supporting terraces inward. And he became more and more powerful,
because the Lord God Almighty was with him.
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