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| | 1Ch 14:1 | Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons and carpenters, to build a house for him.
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| | 1Ch 14:2 | And David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted, for the sake of His people Israel.
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| | 1Ch 14:3 | Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.
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| | 1Ch 14:4 | These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
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| | 1Ch 14:5 | Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
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| | 1Ch 14:6 | Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
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| | 1Ch 14:7 | Elishama, Beeliada and Eliphelet.
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| | 1Ch 14:8 | When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; and David heard of it and went out against them.
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| | 1Ch 14:9 | Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.
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| | 1Ch 14:10 | David inquired of God, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will You give them into my hand?" Then the Lord said to him, "Go up, for I will give them into your hand."
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| | 1Ch 14:11 | So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there; and David said, "God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like the breakthrough of waters." Therefore they named that place Baal-perazim.
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| | 1Ch 14:12 | They abandoned their gods there; so David gave the order and they were burned with fire.
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| | 1Ch 14:13 | The Philistines made yet another raid in the valley.
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| | 1Ch 14:14 | David inquired again of God, and God said to him, "You shall not go up after them; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees.
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| | 1Ch 14:15 | "It shall be when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines."
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| | 1Ch 14:16 | David did just as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even as far as Gezer.
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| | 1Ch 14:17 | Then the fame of David went out into all the lands; and the Lord brought the fear of him on all the nations.
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| Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. |
