1Then came935 all the tribes7626 of Israel3478 to David1732 unto Hebron2275, and spake559, saying559, Behold, we are thy bone6106 and thy flesh1320.
2Also in time past865 8032, when Saul7586 was king4428 over us, thou wast he that leddest out3318 and broughtest in935 Israel3478: and the LORD3068 said559 to thee, Thou shalt feed7462 my people5971 Israel3478, and thou shalt be a captain5057 over Israel3478.
3So all the elders2205 of Israel3478 came935 to the king4428 to Hebron2275; and king4428 David1732 made3772 a league1285 with them in Hebron2275 before6440 the LORD3068: and they anointed4886 David1732 king4428 over Israel3478.
4David1732 was thirty7970 years8141 old1121 when he began to reign4427, and he reigned4427 forty705 years8141.
5In Hebron2275 he reigned4427 over Judah3063 seven7651 years8141 and six8337 months2320: and in Jerusalem3389 he reigned4427 thirty7970 and three7969 years8141 over all Israel3478 and Judah3063.
6And the king4428 and his men582 went3212 to Jerusalem3389 unto the Jebusites2983, the inhabitants3427 of the land776: which spake559 unto David1732, saying559, Except thou take away5493 the blind5787 and the lame6455, thou shalt not come in935 hither: thinking559, David1732 cannot come in935 hither.
7Nevertheless David1732 took3920 the strong hold4686 of Zion6726: the same is the city5892 of David1732.
8And David1732 said559 on that day3117, Whosoever getteth up5060 to the gutter6794, and smiteth5221 the Jebusites2983, and the lame6455 and the blind5787, that are hated8130 of David's1732 soul5315, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said559, The blind5787 and the lame6455 shall not come935 into the house1004.
9So David1732 dwelt3427 in the fort4686, and called7121 it the city5892 of David1732. And David1732 built1129 round about5439 from Millo4407 and inward1004.
10And David1732 went3212 on1980, and grew great1419, and the LORD3068 God430 of hosts6635 was with him.
11And Hiram2438 king4428 of Tyre6865 sent7971 messengers4397 to David1732, and cedar730 trees6086, and carpenters2796, and masons7023 68: and they built1129 David1732 an house1004.
12And David1732 perceived3045 that the LORD3068 had established3559 him king4428 over Israel3478, and that he had exalted5375 his kingdom4467 for his people5971 Israel's3478 sake.
13And David1732 took3947 him more concubines6370 and wives802 out of Jerusalem3389, after310 he was come935 from Hebron2275: and there were yet sons1121 and daughters1323 born3205 to David1732.
14And these be the names8034 of those that were born3209 unto him in Jerusalem3389; Shammua8051, and Shobab7727, and Nathan5416, and Solomon8010,
15Ibhar2984 also, and Elishua474, and Nepheg5298, and Japhia3309,
16And Elishama476, and Eliada450, and Eliphalet467.
17But when the Philistines6430 heard8085 that they had anointed4886 David1732 king4428 over Israel3478, all the Philistines6430 came up5927 to seek1245 David1732; and David1732 heard8085 of it, and went down3381 to the hold4686.
18The Philistines6430 also came935 and spread5203 themselves in the valley6010 of Rephaim7497.
19And David1732 enquired7592 of the LORD3068, saying559, Shall I go up5927 to the Philistines6430? wilt thou deliver5414 them into mine hand3027? And the LORD3068 said559 unto David1732, Go up5927: for I will doubtless5414 deliver5414 the Philistines6430 into thine hand3027.
20And David1732 came935 to Baalperazim1188, and David1732 smote5221 them there, and said559, The LORD3068 hath broken forth6555 upon mine enemies341 before6440 me, as the breach6556 of waters4325. Therefore he called7121 the name8034 of that place4725 Baalperazim1188.
21And there they left5800 their images6091, and David1732 and his men582 burned5375 them.
22And the Philistines6430 came up5927 yet again3254, and spread5203 themselves in the valley6010 of Rephaim7497.
23And when David1732 enquired7592 of the LORD3068, he said559, Thou shalt not go up5927; but fetch a compass5437 behind310 them, and come935 upon them over against4136 the mulberry trees1057.
24And let it be, when thou hearest8085 the sound6963 of a going6807 in the tops7218 of the mulberry trees1057, that then thou shalt bestir2782 thyself: for then shall the LORD3068 go out3318 before6440 thee, to smite5221 the host4264 of the Philistines6430.
25And David1732 did so6213, as the LORD3068 had commanded6680 him; and smote5221 the Philistines6430 from Geba1387 until thou come935 to Gazer1507.