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10 David continued to grow more powerful because Yahweh Elohim[a] Tsebaoth was with him.

David’s Palace, Wives, and Children in Jerusalem(A)

11 Then King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedarwood, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace for David. 12 So David realized that Yahweh had established him as king of Israel and made his kingship famous for the sake of Israel, Yahweh’s people.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 5:10 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek, 1 Chronicles 11:9 omit “God.”

10 And he became more and more powerful,(A) because the Lord God Almighty(B) was with him.(C)

11 Now Hiram(D) king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David. 12 Then David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom(E) for the sake of his people Israel.

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