2 Samuel 5

Thomson^{(i) 1} Then all the tribes of Israel came to David to Chebron and said to him, Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh. ² Heretofore, while Saul was king over us, It was thou who didst lead out and bring in Israel; and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. ³ And when all the elders of Israel came to David to Chebron, king David made a covenant with them at Chebron, before the Lord, and they anointed David to be king over all Israel. ⁴ David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. ⁵ Seven years and six months he reigned at Chebron over Juda, and he reigned thirty three years, over all Israel and Juda, at Jerusalem. ⁶ When David and his men went to Jerusalem, to the Jebusites who inhabited that land, it was said to David, Thou shalt not come here; for the blind and the lame are opposed to it, saying, David shall not come here. ⁷ So when David took the fortress, Zion, the same is the city of David, ⁸ on that day David said, Whoever smiteth the Jebusites, let him also dispatch with a dagger those lame and those blind, even them who hate the soul of David: for this cause they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house of the Lord. ⁹ And David made his abode in the fort, so it was called the city of David. And David built the city, around the citadel and his own house. ¹⁰ And David advanced in prosperity, and grandeur, and the Lord Almighty was with him. ¹¹ And Chiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, with cedar timber, and carpenters, and masons, and they built a house for David. ¹² When David perceived that the Lord had prepared him to be king over Israel, and that his kingdom was exalted for the sake of his people Israel, ¹³ David took still more wives and concubines out of Jerusalem, after he came from Chebron. And David had still more sons and daughters born to him. ¹⁴ Now these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem. Sammus, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, ¹⁵ and Ebear, and Elisue, and Naphek, and Jephies, ¹⁶ and Elisama, and Elidae, and Eliphalath, Samae, Jesibath, Nathan, Galamaan, Jebar, Theesus, Eliphalat, Naged, Naphek, Jonathan, Leasamus, Baalimath, Eliphaath. ¹⁷ When the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and when David heard he went down to the fort. ¹⁸ And the Philistines came, and made an irruption into the valley of the Titans. ¹⁹ Whereupon David inquired of the Lord saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Wilt thou deliver them into my hands? And the Lord said to David, Go up; for I will assuredly deliver the Philistines into thy hands. ²⁰ So David went out through Upper breaks, and smote the Philistines there. Whereupon David said, The Lord broke through the Philistine enemies before me, as waters burst through mounds. For this cause the name of that place, was called Upper Breaks. ²¹ And there they left their gods; and David and the men who were with him took them. ²² Again the Philistines proceeded to come up, and made another irruption into the valley of the Titans. ²³ And when David inquired of the Lord, the Lord said, Thou shalt not go up to meet them in front. Wheel about from them, and come upon them near Wailing. ²⁴ And when thou nearest the sound of a rustling in the grove of Wailing, then thou shalt go down against them; for the Lord will then go out before thee, to smite in the battle of the Philistines. ²⁵ And David did as the Lord commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Gabaon to the land of Gazera.