1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.

2 In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.

3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.

4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,

5 Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah, for thirty-three years.

6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the people of the land: and they said to David, You will not come in here, but the blind and the feeble-footed will keep you out; for they said, David will not be able to come in here.

7 But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

8 And that day David said, Whoever makes an attack on the Jebusites, let him go up by the water-pipe, and put to death all the blind and feeble-footed who are hated by David. And this is why they say, The blind and feeble-footed may not come into the house.

9 So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.

10 And David became greater and greater; for the Lord, the God of armies, was with him.

11 And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

12 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.

13 And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

14 These are the names of those whose birth took place in Jerusalem: Shammua and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon

15 And Ibhar and Elishua and Nepheg and Japhia

16 And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet.

17 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.

18 And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

19 And David, desiring directions from the Lord, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? will you give them up into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up, for I will certainly give up the Philistines into your hands.

20 And David went to Baal-perazim, and overcame them there; and he said, The Lord has let the forces fighting against me be broken before me as a wall is broken by rushing waters. So that place was named Baal-perazim.

21 And the Philistines, when they went in flight, did not take their images with them, and David and his men took them away.

22 And the Philistines came up again, and went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

23 And when David went for directions to the Lord, he said, You are not to go up against them in front; but make a circle round them from the back and come on them opposite the spice-trees.

24 Then at the sound of footsteps in the tops of the trees, go forward quickly, for the Lord has gone out before you to overcome the army of the Philistines.

25 And David did as the Lord had said; and he overcame the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon to near Gezer.

1 И пришли все колена Израилевы к Давиду в Хеврон и сказали: вот, мы – кости твои и плоть твоя;

2 еще вчера и третьего дня, когда Саул царствовал над нами, ты выводил и вводил Израиля; и сказал Господь тебе: "ты будешь пасти народ Мой Израиля и ты будешь вождем Израиля".

3 И пришли все старейшины Израиля к царю в Хеврон, и заключил с ними царь Давид завет в Хевроне пред Господом; и помазали Давида в царя над Израилем.

4 Тридцать лет было Давиду, когда он воцарился; царствовал сорок лет.

5 В Хевроне царствовал над Иудою семь лет и шесть месяцев, и в Иерусалиме царствовал тридцать три года над всем Израилем и Иудою.

6 И пошел царь и люди его на Иерусалим против Иевусеев, жителей той страны; но они говорили Давиду: "ты не войдешь сюда; тебя отгонят слепые и хромые", – это значило: "не войдет сюда Давид".

7 Но Давид взял крепость Сион: это – город Давидов.

8 И сказал Давид в тот день: всякий, убивая Иевусеев, пусть поражает копьем и хромых и слепых, ненавидящих душу Давида. Посему и говорится: слепой и хромой не войдет в дом [Господень].

9 И поселился Давид в крепости, и назвал ее городом Давидовым, и обстроил кругом от Милло и внутри.

10 И преуспевал Давид и возвышался, и Господь Бог Саваоф [был] с ним.

11 И прислал Хирам, царь Тирский, послов к Давиду и кедровые деревья и плотников и каменщиков, и они построили дом Давиду.

12 И уразумел Давид, что Господь утвердил его царем над Израилем и что возвысил царство его ради народа Своего Израиля.

13 И взял Давид еще наложниц и жен из Иерусалима, после того, как пришел из Хеврона.

14 И родились еще у Давида сыновья и дочери. И вот имена родившихся у него в Иерусалиме: Самус, и Совав, и Нафан, и Соломон,

15 и Евеар, и Елисуа, и Нафек, и Иафиа,

16 и Елисама, и Елидае, и Елифалеф.

17 Когда Филистимляне услышали, что Давида помазали на царство над Израилем, то поднялись все Филистимляне искать Давида. И услышал Давид и пошел в крепость.

18 А Филистимляне пришли и расположились в долине Рефаим.

19 И вопросил Давид Господа, говоря: идти ли мне против Филистимлян? предашь ли их в руки мои? И сказал Господь Давиду: иди, ибо Я предам Филистимлян в руки твои.

20 И пошел Давид в Ваал–Перацим и поразил их там, и сказал Давид: Господь разнес врагов моих предо мною, как разносит вода. Посему и месту тому дано имя Ваал–Перацим.

21 И оставили там [Филистимляне] истуканов своих, а Давид с людьми своими взял их.

22 И пришли опять Филистимляне и расположились в долине Рефаим.

23 И вопросил Давид Господа, И Он отвечал ему: не выходи навстречу им, а зайди им с тылу и иди к ним со стороны тутовой рощи;

24 и когда услышишь шум как бы идущего по вершинам тутовых дерев, то двинься, ибо тогда пошел Господь пред тобою, чтобы поразить войско Филистимское.

25 И сделал Давид, как повелел ему Господь, и поразил Филистимлян от Гаваи до Газера.