2 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 5

With all rivals eliminated, the elders of all the tribes of Israel gather at Hebron and anoint David as king over the entirety of Israel, fulfilling the promise made by Samuel decades earlier. David immediately leads his army against the Canaanite city of Jerusalem, which was considered impregnable. David conquers the city by infiltrating it through the water shaft (the tsinnor). David makes Jerusalem his capital, calls it the City of David, and God grants him great military success and growing fame.

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2 Chronicles 36

The final, brief, wicked reigns of Judah's last kings—Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah—lead to the city's collapse. King Nebuchadnezzar destroys the Temple and takes the people into exile in Babylon.

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King Cyrus of Persia issues a decree permitting the Jewish exiles to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple, fulfilling Jeremiah's prophecy. Zerubbabel leads the first wave of returnees.

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