Dual Panel1All <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> came <0935> to <0413> David <01732> at Hebron <02275> saying <0559>, “Look <02005>, we <0587> are your very flesh <01320> and blood <06106>!
2In the past <08032> <01571> <0865>, when <01571> Saul <07586> was <01961> our king <04428>, you <0859> were <01961> the real leader <0935> <03318> in Israel <03478>. The Lord <03068> said <0559> to you <0859>, ‘You will shepherd <07462> my people <05971> Israel <03478>; you <0859> will <01961> rule <05057> over <05921> Israel <03478>.’”
3When all <03605> the leaders <02205> of Israel <03478> came <0935> to <0413> the king <04428> at Hebron <02275>, King <04428> David <01732> made <03772> an agreement <01285> with them in Hebron <02275> before <06440> the Lord <03068>. They designated <04886> David <01732> as king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>.
4David <01732> was thirty <07970> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign and he reigned <04427> for forty <0705> years <08141>.
5In Hebron <02275> he reigned <04427> over <05921> Judah <03063> for seven <07651> years <08141> and six <08337> months <02320>, and in Jerusalem <03389> he reigned <04427> for thirty-three <07969> <07970> years <08141> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>.
6Then the king <04428> and his men <0376> advanced <01980> to <0413> Jerusalem <03389> against the Jebusites <02983> who lived <03427> in the land <0776>. The Jebusites said <0559> to David <01732>, “You cannot <03808> invade <0935> this place <02008>! Even <03588> the blind and <05787> the lame <06452> will turn <05493> you back <05493>, saying <0559>, ‘David <01732> cannot <03808> invade <0935> this place <02008>!’”
7But David <01732> captured <03920> the fortress <04686> of Zion <06726> (that <01931> is, the city <05892> of David <01732>).
8David <01732> said <0559> on that <01931> day <03117>, “Whoever <03605> attacks <05221> the Jebusites <02983> must approach <05060> the ‘lame <06455>’ and the ‘blind <05787>’ who are David’s <01732> enemies <05315> <08130> by going through the water tunnel <06794>.” For <03651> <05921> this reason it is said <0559>, “The blind <05787> and the lame <06455> cannot <03808> enter <0935> the <0413> palace <01004>.”
9So David <01732> lived <03427> in the fortress <04686> and called <07121> it the City <05892> of David <01732>. David <01732> built <01129> all around <05439> it, from <04480> the terrace <04407> inwards <01004>.
10David’s <01732> power <01419> grew steadily <01980> <01980>, for the Lord <03068> God <0430> who commands armies <06635> was with <05973> him.
11King <04428> Hiram <02438> of Tyre <06865> sent <07971> messengers <04397> to <0413> David <01732>, along with cedar <0730> logs <06086>, carpenters <06086> <02796>, and stonemasons <07023> <068> <02796>. They built <01129> a palace <01004> for David <01732>.
12David <01732> realized <03045> that <03588> the Lord <03068> had established <03559> him as king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478> and that <03588> he had elevated <05375> his kingdom <04467> for the sake of <05668> his people <05971> Israel <03478>.
13David <01732> married <03947> more <05750> concubines <06370> and wives <0802> from Jerusalem <03389> after <0310> he arrived <0935> from Hebron <02275>. Even more <05750> sons <01121> and daughters <01323> were born <03205> to David <01732>.
14These <0428> are the names <08034> of children born <03209> to him in Jerusalem <03389>: Shammua <08051>, Shobab <07727>, Nathan <05416>, Solomon <08010>,
15Ibhar <02984>, Elishua <0474>, Nepheg <05298>, Japhia <03309>,
16Elishama <0476>, Eliada <0450>, and Eliphelet <0467>.
17When the Philistines <06430> heard <08085> that <03588> David <01732> had been designated <04886> king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>, they all <03605> went up <05927> to search <01245> for David <01732>. When David <01732> heard <08085> about it, he went down <03381> to <0413> the fortress <04686>.
18Now the Philistines <06430> had arrived <0935> and spread <05203> out in the valley <06010> of Rephaim <07497>.
19So David <01732> asked <07592> the Lord <03068>, “Should I march up <05927> against <0413> the Philistines <06430>? Will you hand <05414> them over <05414> to me?” The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> David <01732>, “March up <05927>, for <03588> I will indeed hand <05414> <05414> the Philistines <06430> over <05414> <05414> to you.”
20So David <01732> marched <0935> against Baal Perazim <01188> and defeated <05221> them there <08033>. Then he <01732> said <0559>, “The Lord <03068> has burst out <06555> against my enemies <0341> like water <04325> bursts out <06556>.” So <03651> he called <07121> the name <08034> of that place <04725> Baal Perazim <01188>.
21The Philistines abandoned <05800> their idols <06091> there <08033>, and David <01732> and his men <0582> picked <05375> them up <05375>.
22The Philistines <06430> again <05750> <03254> came up <05927> and spread <05203> out in the valley <06010> of Rephaim <07497>.
23So David <01732> asked <07592> the Lord <03068> what he should do. This time the Lord said <0559> to him, “Don’t <03808> march straight up <05927>. Instead, circle <05437> around <0413> behind <0310> them and come <0935> against them opposite <04136> the trees <01057>.
24When <01961> you hear <08085> the sound <06963> of marching <06807> in the tops <07218> of the trees <01057>, act decisively <02782>. For <03588> <0227> at that moment the Lord <03068> is going before <06440> you to strike <05221> down the army <04264> of the Philistines <06430>.”
25David <01732> did <06213> just as <03651> the Lord <03068> commanded <06680> him, and he struck down <05221> the Philistines <06430> from Gibeon <01387> all the way <05704> to Gezer <01507>.