Then came{H935}{(H8799)} all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to David{H1732} unto Hebron{H2275}, and spake{H559}{(H8799)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Behold, we are thy bone{H6106} and thy flesh{H1320}.

Also in time past{H865}{H8032}, when Saul{H7586} was king{H4428} over us, thou wast he that leddest out{H3318}{(H8688)} and broughtest in{H935}{(H8688)} Israel{H3478}: and the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} to thee, Thou shalt feed{H7462}{(H8799)} my people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, and thou shalt be a captain{H5057} over Israel{H3478}.

So all the elders{H2205} of Israel{H3478} came{H935}{(H8799)} to the king{H4428} to Hebron{H2275}; and king{H4428} David{H1732} made{H3772}{(H8799)} a league{H1285} with them in Hebron{H2275} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}: and they anointed{H4886}{(H8799)} David{H1732} king{H4428} over Israel{H3478}.

David{H1732} was thirty{H7970} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} forty{H705} years{H8141}.

In Hebron{H2275} he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} over Judah{H3063} seven{H7651} years{H8141} and six{H8337} months{H2320}: and in Jerusalem{H3389} he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} thirty{H7970} and three{H7969} years{H8141} over all Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063}.

And the king{H4428} and his men{H582} went{H3212}{(H8799)} to Jerusalem{H3389} unto the Jebusites{H2983}, the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of the land{H776}: which spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto David{H1732}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Except thou take away{H5493}{(H8687)} the blind{H5787} and the lame{H6455}, thou shalt not come in{H935}{(H8799)} hither: thinking{H559}{(H8800)}, David{H1732} cannot come in{H935}{(H8799)} hither.

Nevertheless David{H1732} took{H3920}{(H8799)} the strong hold{H4686} of Zion{H6726}: the same is the city{H5892} of David{H1732}.

And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} on that day{H3117}, Whosoever getteth up{H5060}{(H8799)} to the gutter{H6794}, and smiteth{H5221}{(H8688)} the Jebusites{H2983}, and the lame{H6455} and the blind{H5787}, that are hated{H8130}{(H8803)} of David's{H1732} soul{H5315}, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said{H559}{(H8799)}, The blind{H5787} and the lame{H6455} shall not come{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004}.

So David{H1732} dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} in the fort{H4686}, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} it the city{H5892} of David{H1732}. And David{H1732} built{H1129}{(H8799)} round about{H5439} from Millo{H4407} and inward{H1004}.

And David{H1732} went{H3212}{(H8799)} on{H1980}{(H8800)}, and grew great{H1419}, and the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of hosts{H6635} was with him.

And Hiram{H2438} king{H4428} of Tyre{H6865} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} messengers{H4397} to David{H1732}, and cedar{H730} trees{H6086}, and carpenters{H2796}, and masons{H7023}{H68}: and they built{H1129}{(H8799)} David{H1732} an house{H1004}.

And David{H1732} perceived{H3045}{(H8799)} that the LORD{H3068} had established{H3559}{(H8689)} him king{H4428} over Israel{H3478}, and that he had exalted{H5375}{(H8765)} his kingdom{H4467} for his people{H5971} Israel's{H3478} sake.

And David{H1732} took{H3947}{(H8799)} him more concubines{H6370} and wives{H802} out of Jerusalem{H3389}, after{H310} he was come{H935}{(H8800)} from Hebron{H2275}: and there were yet sons{H1121} and daughters{H1323} born{H3205}{(H8735)} to David{H1732}.

And these be 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},

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

And Elishama{H476}, and Eliada{H450}, and Eliphalet{H467}.

But when the Philistines{H6430} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} that they had anointed{H4886}{(H8804)} David{H1732} king{H4428} over Israel{H3478}, all the Philistines{H6430} came up{H5927}{(H8799)} to seek{H1245}{(H8763)} David{H1732}; and David{H1732} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} of it, and went down{H3381}{(H8799)} to the hold{H4686}.

The Philistines{H6430} also came{H935}{(H8804)} and spread{H5203}{(H8735)} themselves in the valley{H6010} of Rephaim{H7497}.

And David{H1732} enquired{H7592}{(H8799)} of the LORD{H3068}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Shall I go up{H5927}{(H8799)} to the Philistines{H6430}? wilt thou deliver{H5414}{(H8799)} them into mine hand{H3027}? And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto David{H1732}, Go up{H5927}{(H8798)}: for I will doubtless{H5414}{(H8800)} deliver{H5414}{(H8799)} the Philistines{H6430} into thine hand{H3027}.

And David{H1732} came{H935}{(H8799)} to Baalperazim{H1188}, and David{H1732} smote{H5221}{(H8686)} them there, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, The LORD{H3068} hath broken forth{H6555}{(H8804)} upon mine enemies{H341}{(H8802)} before{H6440} me, as the breach{H6556} of waters{H4325}. Therefore he called{H7121}{(H8804)} the name{H8034} of that place{H4725} Baalperazim{H1188}.

And there they left{H5800}{(H8799)} their images{H6091}, and David{H1732} and his men{H582} burned{H5375}{(H8799)} them.

And the Philistines{H6430} came up{H5927}{(H8800)} yet again{H3254}{(H8686)}, and spread{H5203}{(H8735)} themselves in the valley{H6010} of Rephaim{H7497}.

And when David{H1732} enquired{H7592}{(H8799)} of the LORD{H3068}, he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Thou shalt not go up{H5927}{(H8799)}; but fetch a compass{H5437}{(H8685)} behind{H310} them, and come{H935}{(H8804)} upon them over against{H4136} the mulberry trees{H1057}.

And let it be, when thou hearest{H8085}{(H8800)} the sound{H6963} of a going{H6807} in the tops{H7218} of the mulberry trees{H1057}, that then thou shalt bestir{H2782}{(H8799)} thyself: for then shall the LORD{H3068} go out{H3318}{(H8804)} before{H6440} thee, to smite{H5221}{(H8687)} the host{H4264} of the Philistines{H6430}.

And David{H1732} did so{H6213}{(H8799)}, as the LORD{H3068} had commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} him; and smote{H5221}{(H8686)} the Philistines{H6430} from Geba{H1387} until thou come{H935}{(H8800)} to Gazer{H1507}.