2 Samuel 5:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² 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 (1901)

¹² And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.

Common English Bible

¹² Then David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingship was held in great honor for the sake of his people Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And David knew that the Lord had confirmed him as king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom over his people Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And David knew that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom over his people Israel.

2 Samuel 5:12 Cross References

2 Samuel 5:11

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.

2 Samuel 5:13

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

2 Samuel 7:16

And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever.’ ”

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel for ever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”

1 Chronicles 14:2

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

2 Chronicles 2:11

Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in a letter which he sent to Solomon, “Because the Lord loves his people he has made you king over them.”

Esther 4:14

For if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Daniel 2:30

But as for me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living has this mystery been revealed to me, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your mind.

Numbers 24:7

Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.