1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and
spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Also
in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and
broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people
Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
3 So
all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a
league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over
Israel.
4 David was thirty
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
5 In
Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he
reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
6 And
the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of
the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and
the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
7 Nevertheless
David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
8 And
David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the
Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The
blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
9 So
David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round
about from Millo and inward.
10 And
David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with
him.
11 And
Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters,
and masons: and they built David an house.
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.
13 And
David took him more
concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there
were yet sons and daughters born to David.
14 And
these be the
names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and
Nathan, and Solomon,
15 Ibhar
also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
16 And
Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
17 But
when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all
the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
18 The
Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
19 And
David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou
deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will
doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
20 And
David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath
broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he
called the name of that place Baalperazim.
21 And
there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
22 And
the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim.
23 And
when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch
a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
24 And
let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry
trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out
before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
25 And
David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from
Geba until thou come to Gazer.
