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By this policy he pleased the people, both in the north and in the
south. And after seven years of division the leading men of all the
tribes came to David at Hebron, in Judah his headquarters, and made
him king over the entire Hebrew nation, north, east, and south.

=David's victories.=--Soon after this David declared his independence
of the Philistines. War broke out and for a time it went against the
Hebrews. But in the end they were able to rally their resources under
their new leader, and inflicted two crushing defeats on their old
enemies, which made them instead of the Philistines once and for all
the masters of Canaan.