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David was thirty years old when he began his reign;(A) he reigned for forty years. In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

The king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites(B) who inhabited the land. The Jebusites had said to David, ‘You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you’ thinking, ‘David can’t get in here.’

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