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II. THE KING FROM WHOM THE REDEEMER DESCENDED
1. DAvrn Is AccEPTED As KING BY THE WHOLE NATION Together with his band of faithful soldiers and com-
panions, David went to Hebron, where he was accepted as the king of the tribe of Jud . He ruled over the tribe of Juda for seven and a half years before the rest of the nation accepted him as their king.
The reason the Israelites would not accept David was because Saul had a son living, and Abner, Saul's general, tried to · ke him king. Civil war. Skirmish afte skirmis was fought. Finally, son was slain. T e minds of the people then tu ed to David. Delegates from the twelve tribes were sent to him and he was anointed king of the whole nation at Hebron.
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nation. The Chanaanites occupied the city which was 19m built on the hill called lount Sion. They placed the
David decided to make Jerusalem the capital of the
lame and the blind along the walls to defend them against David's army. They mocked the Israelites, shouting that the lame and the blind would keep David from entering the gates.
David o ered the command of his army to the rst man who should scale the walls of Jerusalem. The reward went to Joab. Great numbers of David's sol­ diers followed him. These set re to the city to frighten the people, and then opened the gates to the
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