¹Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

¹Tedaj pridejo vsi rodovi Izraelovi k Davidu v Hebron in ga ogovore, rekoč: Glej, kost smo tvoja in meso tvoje.

²Also 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.

²In že v prejšnjih časih, ko nam je kraljeval Savel, ti si vodil ven in noter Izraela; in tebi je rekel GOSPOD: Ti boš pasel ljudstvo moje Izraela in ti bodeš vojvoda Izraelu.

³So 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.

³Tako so prišli vsi starejšine Izraelovi h kralju v Hebron; in kralj David je sklenil ž njimi zavezo v Hebronu pred GOSPODOM. In pomazilili so Davida za kralja Izraelu.

⁴David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

⁴David je bil trideset let star, ko je zakraljeval, in vladal je štirideset let.

⁵In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

⁵V Hebronu je kraljeval Judi sedem let in šest mesecev, v Jeruzalemu pa je kraljeval triintrideset let vsemu Izraelu in Judi.

⁶And 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.

⁶In kralj in možje njegovi so šli v Jeruzalem zoper Jebusejce, prebivalce v deželi. Ti so govorili Davidu: Ne prideš sem noter, temuč slepci in hromci te odženejo – meneč, David ne more priti tja.

⁷Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

⁷Vendar pa je David dobil grad Sion, to je mesto Davidovo.

⁸And 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.

⁸Kajti David je dejal tisti dan: Kdor premaga Jebusejce in pride do žlebov in porazi tiste hromce in slepce, ki jih sovraži duša Davidova, bodi poglavar! Odtod pravijo: Slepci in hromci ne pridejo v hišo!

⁹So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

⁹In David se je nastanil v tem gradu in ga je imenoval mesto Davidovo. In David je zidal okoli ob Milu in znotraj.

¹⁰And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.

¹⁰In David je bolj in bolj napredoval, zakaj GOSPOD, Bog nad vojskami, je bil ž njim.

¹¹And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

¹¹In Hiram, kralj v Tiru, je poslal poslance k Davidu in cedrovega lesa in tesarje in zidarje, in zgradili so Davidu hišo.

¹²And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.

¹²In David je spoznal, da ga je GOSPOD potrdil za kralja v Izraelu ter da je povišal kraljestvo njegovo zaradi ljudstva svojega Izraela.

¹³And 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.

¹³In David si je vzel še več priležnic in žen v Jeruzalemu, potem ko je prišel iz Hebrona; in rodilo se je Davidu še več sinov in hčerá.

¹⁴And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

¹⁴Ta pa so imena tistih, ki so se mu rodili v Jeruzalemu: Samua, Sobab, Natan in Salomon,

¹⁵Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

¹⁵Ibhar, Elisua, Nefeg in Jafija,

¹⁶And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.

¹⁶in Elisama, Eliada in Elifelet.

¹⁷But 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.

¹⁷Ko pa Filistejci začujejo, da so pomazilili Davida za kralja nad Izraelom, krenejo vsi gori iskat Davida; David pa, ko je zvedel, odide doli v grad.

¹⁸The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁸Filistejci pa pridejo in se razpostavijo v dolini Refaimov.

¹⁹And David inquired 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.

¹⁹In David je vprašal GOSPODA, rekoč: Ali naj grem gori zoper Filistejce? In jih li hočeš dati v roko mojo? GOSPOD pa veli Davidu: Pojdi gori, kajti gotovo ti dam Filistejce v roko!

²⁰And David came to Baalperazim, 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 Baalperazim.

²⁰In David pride v Baalperazim [T. j. mesto pretrga.] in jih porazi ondi ter reče: GOSPOD je raztrgal sovražnike moje pred menoj, kakor ko vode pretrgajo jez. Zato je imenoval ime tistega kraja Baalperazim.

²¹And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

²¹In pustili so svoje malike ondi, David pa in možje njegovi so jih odnesli.

²²And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

²²In Filistejci pridejo zopet gori ter se razpostavijo v dolini Refaimov.

²³And when David inquired 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.

²³In ko David vpraša GOSPODA, mu veli: Ne hodi gori, temuč obidi jih zadaj za njimi, da prideš nadnje od strani murvovih dreves.

²⁴And 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.

²⁴In ko začuješ šumenje iz vrhov dreves, kakor da prihaja vojska, tedaj se podvizaj: zakaj tedaj gre GOSPOD pred teboj, da premaga vojsko Filistejcev.In David je storil, kakor mu je bil zapovedal GOSPOD, in pobijal je Filistejce od Gebe do tja, koder se hodi v Gezer.

²⁵And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

²⁵In David je storil, kakor mu je bil zapovedal GOSPOD, in pobijal je Filistejce od Gebe do tja, koder se hodi v Gezer.