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 Representantes de todas as tribos de Israel foram dizer a Davi, em Hebrom: "Somos sangue do teu sangue.
2 No passado, mesmo quando Saul era rei, eras tu quem liderava Israel em suas batalhas. E o Senhor te disse: ‘Você pastoreará o meu povo Israel, e será o seu governante’ ".
3 Então todas as autoridades de Israel foram ao encontro do rei Davi em Hebrom, e ele fez um acordo com eles em Hebrom perante o Senhor, e eles ungiram Davi rei de Israel.
4 Davi tinha trinta anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou durante quarenta anos.
5 Em Hebrom, reinou sobre Judá sete anos e meio, e em Jerusalém reinou sobre todo o Israel e Judá trinta e três anos.
6 O rei e seus soldados marcharam para Jerusalém para atacar os jebuseus que viviam lá. E os jebuseus disseram a Davi: "Você não entrará aqui! Até os cegos e os aleijados podem se defender de você". Eles achavam que Davi não conseguiria entrar,
7 mas, Davi conquistou a fortaleza de Sião, que veio a ser a cidade de Davi.
8 Naquele dia disse Davi: "Quem quiser vencer os jebuseus terá que utilizar a passagem de água para chegar àqueles cegos e aleijados, inimigos de Davi". É por isso que dizem: "Os ‘cegos e aleijados’ não entrarão no palácio".
9 Davi passou a morar na fortaleza e chamou-a cidade de Davi. Construiu defesas na parte interna da cidade desde os muros de arrimo.
10 E foi se tornando cada vez mais poderoso, pois o Senhor Deus dos Exércitos estava com ele.
11 Pouco depois Hirão, rei de Tiro, enviou a Davi uma delegação, que trouxe toras de cedro, e também carpinteiros e pedreiros que construíram um palácio para Davi.
12 Então Davi teve certeza de que o Senhor o confirmara como rei de Israel e que seu reino estava prosperando por amor de seu povo Israel.
13 Depois de mudar-se de Hebrom para Jerusalém, Davi tomou mais concubinas e esposas, e gerou mais filhos e filhas.
14 Estes são os nomes dos que lhe nasceram ali: Samua, Sobabe, Natã, Salomão,
15 Ibar, Elisua, Nefegue, Jafia,
16 Elisama, Eliada e Elifelete.
17 Ao saber que Davi tinha sido ungido rei de Israel, os filisteus foram com todo o exército prendê-lo, mas Davi soube disso e foi para a fortaleza.
18 Tendo os filisteus se espalhado pelo vale de Refaim,
19 Davi perguntou ao Senhor: "Devo atacar os filisteus? Tu os entregarás nas minhas mãos? " O Senhor lhe respondeu: "Vá, eu os entregarei nas suas mãos".
20 Então Davi foi a Baal-Perazim e lá os derrotou. E disse: "Assim como as águas de uma enchente causam destruição, pelas minhas mãos o Senhor destruiu os meus inimigos diante de mim". Então aquele lugar passou a ser chamado Baal-Perazim.
21 Como os filisteus haviam abandonado os seus ídolos ali, Davi e seus soldados os apanharam.
22 Mais uma vez os filisteus marcharam e se espalharam pelo vale de Refaim;
23 então Davi consultou o Senhor de novo, que lhe respondeu: "Não ataque pela frente, mas dê a volta por trás deles e ataque-os em frente das amoreiras.
24 Assim que você ouvir um som de passos por cima das amoreiras, saia rapidamente, pois este é o sinal de que o Senhor saiu à sua frente para ferir o exército filisteu".
25 Davi fez como o Senhor lhe tinha ordenado, e derrotou os filisteus por todo o caminho, desde Gibeom até Gezer.