Then came{H935} all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to David{H1732} unto Hebron,{H2275} and spake,{H559} saying,{H559} Behold, we are thy bone{H6106} and thy flesh.{H1320}

In times past,{H865} when Saul{H7586} was king{H4428} over us, it was thou that leddest out{H3318} and broughtest in{H935} Israel:{H3478} and Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} to thee, Thou shalt be shepherd{H7462} of my people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} and thou shalt be prince{H5057} over Israel.{H3478}

So all the elders{H2205} of Israel{H3478} came{H935} to the king{H4428} to Hebron;{H2275} and king{H4428} David{H1732} made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with them in Hebron{H2275} before{H6440} Jehovah:{H3068} and they anointed{H4886} David{H1732} king{H4428} over Israel.{H3478}

David{H1732} was thirty{H7970} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign,{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} forty{H705} years.{H8141}

In Hebron{H2275} he reigned{H4427} over Judah{H3063} seven{H7651} years{H8141} and six{H8337} months;{H2320} and in Jerusalem{H3389} he reigned{H4427} thirty{H7970} and three{H7969} years{H8141} over all Israel{H3478} and Judah.{H3063}

And the king{H4428} and his men{H582} went{H3212} to Jerusalem{H3389} against the Jebusites,{H2983} the inhabitants{H3427} of the land,{H776} who spake{H559} unto David,{H1732} saying,{H559} Except thou take away{H5493} the blind{H5787} and the lame,{H6455} thou shalt not come in{H935} hither; thinking,{H559} David{H1732} cannot come in{H935} hither.

Nevertheless David{H1732} took{H3920} the stronghold{H4686} of Zion;{H6726} the same is the city{H5892} of David.{H1732}

And David{H1732} said{H559} on that day,{H3117} Whosoever smiteth{H5221} the Jebusites,{H2983} let him get up{H5060} to the watercourse,{H6794} and [smite] the lame{H6455} and the blind,{H5787} that are hated{H8130} of David's{H1732} soul.{H5315} Wherefore they say,{H559} There are the blind{H5787} and the lame;{H6455} he cannot come{H935} into the house.{H1004}

And David{H1732} dwelt{H3427} in the stronghold,{H4686} and called{H7121} it the city{H5892} of David.{H1732} And David{H1732} built{H1129} round about{H5439} from Millo{H4407} and inward.{H1004}

And David{H1732} waxed{H3212} greater{H1419} and greater;{H1980} for Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts,{H6635} was with him.

And Hiram{H2438} king{H4428} of Tyre{H6865} sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} to David,{H1732} and {H730} cedar-trees,{H6086} and carpenters,{H2796} and masons;{H7023} and they built{H1129} David{H1732} a house.{H1004}

And David{H1732} perceived{H3045} that Jehovah{H3068} had established{H3559} him king{H4428} over Israel,{H3478} and that he had exalted{H5375} his kingdom{H4467} for his people{H5971} Israel's{H3478} sake.

And David{H1732} took{H3947} him more concubines{H6370} and wives{H802} out of Jerusalem,{H3389} after{H310} he was come{H935} from Hebron;{H2275} and there were yet sons{H1121} and daughters{H1323} born{H3205} to David.{H1732}

And these are the names{H8034} of those that were born{H3209} unto him in Jerusalem:{H3389} Shammua,{H8051} and Shobab,{H7727} and Nathan,{H5416} and Solomon,{H8010}

and Ibhar,{H2984} and Elishua,{H474} and Nepheg,{H5298} and Japhia,{H3309}

and Elishama,{H476} and Eliada,{H450} and Eliphelet.{H467}

And when the Philistines{H6430} heard{H8085} that they had anointed{H4886} David{H1732} king{H4428} over Israel,{H3478} all the Philistines{H6430} went up{H5927} to seek{H1245} David;{H1732} and David{H1732} heard{H8085} of it, and went down{H3381} to the stronghold.{H4686}

Now the Philistines{H6430} had come{H935} and spread{H5203} themselves in the valley{H6010} of Rephaim.{H7497}

And David{H1732} inquired{H7592} of Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} Shall I go up{H5927} against the Philistines?{H6430} wilt thou deliver{H5414} them into my hand?{H3027} And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto David,{H1732} Go up;{H5927} for I will certainly{H5414} deliver{H5414} the Philistines{H6430} into thy hand.{H3027}

And David{H1732} came{H935} to Baal-perazim,{H1188} and David{H1732} smote{H5221} them there; and he said,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} hath broken{H6555} mine enemies{H341} before{H6440} me, like the breach{H6556} of waters.{H4325} Therefore he called{H7121} the name{H8034} of that place{H4725} Baal-perazim.{H1188}

And they left{H5800} their images{H6091} there; and David{H1732} and his men{H582} took them away.{H5375}

And the Philistines{H6430} came up{H5927} yet again,{H3254} and spread{H5203} themselves in the valley{H6010} of Rephaim.{H7497}

And when David{H1732} inquired{H7592} of Jehovah,{H3068} he said,{H559} Thou shalt not go up:{H5927} make a circuit{H5437} behind{H310} them, and come{H935} upon them over against{H4136} the mulberry-trees.{H1057}

And it shall be, when thou hearest{H8085} the sound{H6963} of marching{H6807} in the tops{H7218} of the mulberry-trees,{H1057} that then thou shalt bestir{H2782} thyself; for then is Jehovah{H3068} gone out{H3318} before{H6440} thee to smite{H5221} the host{H4264} of the Philistines.{H6430}

And David{H1732} did so,{H6213} as Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} him, and smote{H5221} the Philistines{H6430} from Geba{H1387} until thou come{H935} to Gezer.{H1507}