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 Baal-perazim, 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 Baal-perazim. 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.
1 以色列众支派都到希伯仑来见大卫， 说： "看哪！ 我们都是你的骨肉至亲。
2 从前扫罗作我们的王的时候， 领导以色列人行动的是你。耶和华也曾对你说： ‘你要牧养我的子民以色列， 要作以色列的领袖。’"
3 以色列的众长老都到希伯仑来见王。大卫王在希伯仑耶和华面前与他们立约， 他们就膏立大卫作以色列的王。
4 大卫登基的时候是三十岁， 在位共四十年。
5 他在希伯仑作犹大的王七年零六个月； 在耶路撒冷作全以色列和犹大的王三十三年。
6 大卫和随从他的人到了耶路撒冷， 要攻打住在那地的耶布斯人。耶布斯人对大卫说： "你不能进这里来， 这些瞎眼的、跛脚的就能把你抵挡住。"他们心里想： "大卫决不能进那里去。"
7 大卫却攻取了锡安的保障， 就是大卫的城。
8 那一天大卫说： "攻打耶布斯人的， 要把大卫心中恨恶的‘瞎子’和‘瘸子’丢进水沟里。"因此有句俗语说： "瞎眼的或瘸腿的， 都不能进殿里。"
9 后来大卫住在保障里， 称保障为"大卫的城"。大卫又从米罗向里面周围筑墙。
10 大卫渐渐强大， 因为耶和华万军的 神与他同在。
11 推罗王希兰差派使者来见大卫， 又送来香柏木、木匠和石匠， 他们就给大卫建造宫殿。
12 大卫就知道耶和华已经立他作以色列的王， 又因自己的子民以色列的缘故， 使他的国兴盛。
13 大卫离开希伯仑后， 在耶路撒冷又娶了多位妃嫔， 并且生了很多儿女。
14 以下这些就是他在耶路撒冷所生的孩子的名字： 沙母亚、朔罢、拿单、所罗门、
15 益辖、以利书亚、尼斐、雅非亚、
16 以利沙玛、以利雅大、以利法列。
17 非利士人听见有人膏立了大卫作王统治以色列人， 就全体上来搜寻大卫。大卫听见了， 就下到保障去。
18 非利士人来到， 散布在利乏音谷。
19 大卫求问耶和华说： "我可以上去攻打非利士人吗？你会把他们交在我手里吗？"耶和华对大卫说： "你可以上去， 我必把非利士人交在你手里。"
20 于是大卫来到巴力．毗拉心， 在那里击败了非利士人， 说： "耶和华在我面前冲破我的敌人， 好像洪水冲破堤岸一般。"因此他给那地方起名叫巴力．毗拉心。
21 非利士人把他们的神像遗弃在那里， 大卫和跟随他的人就把它们拿走了。
22 非利士人又上来， 散布在利乏音谷。
23 大卫又求问耶和华， 耶和华说： "你不要直接上去， 要绕到他们后面， 从桑林对面攻打他们。
24 你一听到桑林树梢上有脚步的声音， 就要赶快行动， 因为那时耶和华已经在你前面出去击杀非利士人的军队了。"
25 于是大卫照着耶和华所吩咐他的去作， 击杀非利士人， 从迦巴直到基色。