2 Samuel 5:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And David{H1732} perceived{H3045} that Jehovah{H3068} had established{H3559} him king{H4428} over Israel,{H3478} and that he had exalted{H5375} his kingdom{H4467} for his people{H5971} Israel's{H3478} sake.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And David{H1732} perceived{H3045}{(H8799)} that the LORD{H3068} had established{H3559}{(H8689)} him king{H4428} over Israel{H3478}, and that he had exalted{H5375}{(H8765)} his kingdom{H4467} for his people{H5971} Israel's{H3478} sake.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Dauid knewe, that the LORDE had confyrmed him kynge ouer Israel, and exalted his kingdome for his people of Israels sake.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then Dauid knewe that the Lorde had stablished him King ouer Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdome for his people Israels sake.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Dauid perceaued that the Lord had stablished him king ouer Israel, & that he had exalted his kingdome for his people Israels sake.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and David knoweth that Jehovah hath established him for king over Israel, and that He hath lifted up his kingdom, because of His people Israel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 7:16 : 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.
  • 1 Kgs 10:9 : 9 Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.
  • 1 Chr 14:2 : 2 And David understood that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was exalted because of his people Israel.
  • 2 Chr 2:11 : 11 Then Huram, the king of Tyre, answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD has loved his people, he has made you king over them.
  • Esth 4:14 : 14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
  • Isa 1:25-27 : 25 And I will turn my hand upon you, and thoroughly purge away your dross, and take away all your tin: 26 And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning: afterward you shall be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. 27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
  • Dan 2:30 : 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes who shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that you might understand the thoughts of your heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 14:2
    93%

    2 And David understood that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was exalted because of his people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 5:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.

    4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

  • 2 Sam 5:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10 And David went on and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.

    11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

  • 1 Kgs 8:14-18
    5 verses
    76%

    14 And the king turned his face around and blessed all the congregation of Israel; (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

    15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

    16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

    17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

    18 And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

  • 2 Sam 7:16
    76%

    16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.

  • 2 Chr 6:4
    76%

    4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has with his hands fulfilled what he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 10:9
    75%

    9 Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.

  • 2 Chr 13:5
    75%

    5 Do you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, to him and his sons by a covenant of salt?

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    75%

    1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4
    75%

    4 Nevertheless, for David's sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 17:24
    75%

    24 Let it even be established, that your name may be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David your servant be established before you.

  • 2 Sam 12:7
    75%

    7 Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 8:15
    75%

    15 And David reigned over all Israel, and David executed judgment and justice for all his people.

  • 2 Chr 6:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

    8 But the LORD said to David my father, Because it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well in that it was in your heart:

  • 2 Chr 6:10
    74%

    10 The LORD therefore has performed his word that he has spoken; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 11:3
    74%

    3 Therefore, all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:45
    74%

    45 And King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.

  • Ps 122:5
    74%

    5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

  • 1 Chr 11:9
    74%

    9 So David grew greater and greater, for the LORD of hosts was with him.

  • 2 Chr 9:8
    74%

    8 Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you to set you on His throne as king for the LORD your God! Because your God loved Israel to establish them forever, He made you king over them to execute justice and righteousness.

  • 1 Chr 28:4
    74%

    4 However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel:

  • 1 Chr 17:7
    74%

    7 Now therefore thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepfold, even from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over my people Israel:

  • 1 Chr 17:14-16
    3 verses
    74%

    14 But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established forevermore.

    15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

    16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

  • 1 Chr 18:14
    74%

    14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.

  • 1 Kgs 8:20
    74%

    20 And the LORD has performed his word that he spoke, and I have risen up in place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 3:10
    73%

    10 To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.

  • 1 Chr 29:26
    73%

    26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

  • 2 Chr 1:9
    73%

    9 Now, O LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

  • 2 Sam 6:21
    73%

    21 And David said to Michal, It was before the LORD, who chose me before your father and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel; therefore will I play before the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 29:10
    73%

    10 Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the assembly: and David said, Blessed are You, LORD God of Israel our Father, forever and ever.

  • 1 Kgs 2:12
    73%

    12 Then Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was firmly established.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    73%

    2 Then King David stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations for the building:

  • 2 Sam 7:25-26
    2 verses
    73%

    25 And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have said.

    26 And let your name be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of your servant David be established before you.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    73%

    5 And behold, I plan to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build a house for my name.

  • 1 Chr 23:25
    73%

    25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel has given rest to his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever:

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    73%

    1 And David made himself houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

  • Ps 132:11
    73%

    11 The LORD has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne.

  • 2 Sam 5:17
    73%

    17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    72%

    12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
    72%

    13 And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.