1 Todas as tribos de Israel vieram ter com Davi em Hebron e disseram,-lhe: Vê: não somos nós teus ossos e tua carne?2 Já antes, quando Saul era nosso rei, eras tu que dirigias os negócios de Israel. O Senhor te disse: és tu que apascentarás o meu povo e serás o chefe de Israel.3 Vieram, pois, todos os anciãos de Israel ter com o rei em Hebron. Davi fez com eles um tratado diante do Senhor e eles sagraram-no rei de Israel.4 Davi tinha trinta anos quando começou a reinar, e seu reinado durou quarenta anos:5 sete anos e meio sobre Judá, em Hebron, e depois trinta e três anos em Jerusalém, sobre todo o Israel e Judá.6 Davi partiu com seus homens para Jerusalém, contra os jebuseus que ocupavam a terra. Estes disseram a Davi: Tu não entrarás aqui: cegos e coxos te repelirão! {O que queria dizer: Davi não entrará jamais aqui.}7 Mas Davi apoderou-se da fortaleza de Sião, que é a cidade de Davi.8 Davi dissera naquele dia: Quem quiser abater os jebuseus, siga o canal para atingir esses cegos e coxos, inimigos de Davi. De onde o ditado: Nem cego nem coxo entrarão na casa.9 Davi estabeleceu-se na fortaleza e chamou-a Cidade de Davi. Cercou-a de muralhas desde Milo, e construiu no interior.10 Davi ia-se fortificando, e o Senhor, Deus dos exércitos, estava com ele.11 O rei de Tiro, Hirão, mandou-lhe mensageiros, com madeira de cedro, carpinteiros e pedreiros, para construir-lhe um palácio.12 Davi reconheceu que o Senhor firmava o seu trono em Israel e exaltava a sua realeza por causa de seu povo.13 Davi tomou mais concubinas e mulheres em Jerusalém, depois que deixou Hebron, e teve delas filhos e filhas.14 Eis os nomes dos filhos que teve em Jerusalém:15 Samua, Sobab, Natã, Salomão, Jebaar, Elisua, Nefeg,16 Jafia, Elisama, Elioda e Elifalet.17 Quando os filisteus souberam que Davi fora ungido rei de Israel, puseram-se todos em campanha para apoderar-se dele. Informado disto, Davi desceu à fortaleza.18 Os filisteus, desde que chegaram, espalharam-se pelo vale dos Gigantes.19 Davi consultou o Senhor, dizendo: Devo subir ao encontro dos filisteus? Entregá-los-eis nas minhas mãos? Vai, respondeu o Senhor, eu os entregarei certamente nas tuas mãos.20 Veio Davi a Baal-Farasim, onde os derrotou. O Senhor, disse ele, rompeu os meus inimigos diante de mim, como as águas rompem os diques. Por isso chamou àquele lugar Baal-Farasim.21 Os filisteus abandonaram ali seus ídolos; Davi e seus homens os levaram.22 Os filisteus voltaram ao ataque, espalhando-se pelo vale dos Gigantes.23 Davi consultou o Senhor, que lhe respondeu: Não vás ao seu encontro, mas dá a volta por detrás deles e os atingirás do lado das amoreiras.24 Quando ouvires um rumor de passos, então apressa-te e ataca, porque o Senhor irá adiante de ti para esmagar o exército dos filisteus.25 Davi fez como lhe ordenara o Senhor, e feriu os filisteus desde Gabaa até Gezer.

1 Then all the tribes of Israel came unto David in Hebron and spoke, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.2 And even yesterday and the day before yesterday, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that didst lead out and bring in Israel; and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king in Hebron; and king David made a covenant 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-three years over all Israel and Judah.6 Then the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, who dwelt in the land, who spoke unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in here, thinking, David cannot come in here.7 Nevertheless, David took the fortress of Zion; the same [is] the city of David.8 And David said on that day, Who shall go up the waterspout and smite the Jebusites and the lame and the blind, [that are] hated of David's soul? Therefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.9 So David dwelt in the fortress 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 the hosts [was] with him.11 And Hiram, king of Tyre, also sent messengers to David, and cedar trees and carpenters and masons, and they built David a house.12 And David understood that the LORD had confirmed him as king over Israel and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.13 And David took more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem after he had come from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born unto David.14 And these [were] the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,16 Elishama, 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 fortress.18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.19 Then David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? Wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up, for I without a doubt will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there and said, The LORD has broken forth upon my enemies before me as the breach of waters. Therefore, he called the name of that place Baalperazim.21 And they left their images there, 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] go around behind them and come upon them over against the mulberry trees,24 and when thou hearest thunder going through the tops of the mulberry trees, then thou shalt move, for then the LORD shall 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 unto Gazer.: