¹Tada se sabraše sva izraelska plemena k Davidu u Hebron i rekoše: "Evo, mi smo od tvoje kosti i od tvoga mesa.

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

²Još prije, dok je još Šaul bio kralj nad nama, ti si upravljao svim pokretima Izraela, a Jahve ti je rekao: 'Ti ćeš pasti moj izraelski narod i ti ćeš biti knez nad Izraelom!'"

²Even aforetime, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.

³Tako dođoše sve izraelske starješine kralju u Hebron, a kralj David sklopi s njima savez u Hebronu pred Jahvom; i pomazaše Davida za kralja nad Izraelom.

³And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel.

⁴Trideset je godina bilo Davidu kad je postao kralj, a kraljevao je četrdeset godina.

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

⁵U Hebronu je kraljevao nad Judom sedam godina i šest mjeseci, a u Jeruzalemu kraljevaše trideset i tri godine nad svim Izraelom i nad Judom.

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

⁶David krene s ljudima na Jeruzalem protiv Jebusejaca, koji su živjeli u onoj zemlji. Ali oni poručiše Davidu: "Nećeš ući ovamo! Slijepci će te i kljasti odbiti!" (To je imalo značiti: David neće ući ovamo.)

⁶And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they spoke to David, saying, Thou shalt not come in hither, but the blind and the lame will drive thee back; as much as to say, David will not come in hither.

⁷Ipak David osvoji Sionsku tvrđavu, to jest Davidov grad.

⁷But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.

⁸Onoga dana reče David: "Tko god pobije Jebusejce i popne se kroz prorov ..." A kljaste i slijepe mrzi David iz sve duše. (Stoga se kaže: Slijepci i kljasti neka ne ulaze u Hram.)

⁸And David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites and gets up to the watercourse, and the lame and the blind hated of David's soul ...! Therefore they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

⁹David se nastani u tvrđavi i prozva je Davidov grad. Tada David podiže zid unaokolo od Mila pa unutra.

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

¹⁰David je postajao sve silniji, jer Jahve, Bog nad vojskama, bijaše s njim.

¹⁰And David became continually greater; and Jehovah the God of hosts was with him.

¹¹Tirski kralj Hiram posla k Davidu izaslanstvo i cedrova drveta, tesara i zidara, koji sagradiše dvor Davidu.

¹¹And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

¹²Tada David spozna da ga je Jahve potvrdio za kralja nad Izraelom i da je vrlo uzvisio njegovo kraljevstvo radi svojega izraelskog naroda.

¹²And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom because of his people Israel.

¹³Po dolasku iz Hebrona David uze još inoča i žena iz Jeruzalema; i rodi se Davidu još sinova i kćeri.

¹³And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

¹⁴Evo imena djece koja mu se rodiše u Jeruzalemu: Šamua, Šobab, Natan, Salomon,

¹⁴And these are the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

¹⁵Jibhar, Elišua, Nefeg, Jafija,

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

¹⁶Elišama, Beeljada i Elifelet.

¹⁶and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.

¹⁷Kad su Filistejci čuli da su Davida pomazali za kralja nad Izraelom, iziđoše svi da se dočepaju Davida. Čuvši to, David siđe u svoj zaklon.

¹⁷And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard [of it], and went down to the stronghold.

¹⁸Filistejci dođoše i raširiše se po Refaimskoj dolini.

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

¹⁹Tada David upita Jahvu: "Mogu li napasti Filistejce? Hoćeš li ih predati meni u ruke?" Jahve odgovori Davidu: "Napadni! Predat ću Filistejce tebi u ruke!"

¹⁹And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou give them into my hand? And Jehovah said to David, Go up; for I will certainly give the Philistines into thy hand.

²⁰Tada David dođe u Baal Perasim i ondje ih pobi. David reče: "Jahve je preda mnom prodro među moje neprijatelje kao što voda prodire." Stoga se ono mjesto prozvalo Baal Perasim.

²⁰And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, Jehovah has broken in upon mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.

²¹Ostavili su ondje svoje bogove; a David i njegovi ljudi odnesoše ih.

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

²²Filistejci opet dođoše i raširiše se po Refaimskoj dolini.

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

²³David opet upita Jahvu, a on mu odgovori: "Ne idi pred njih, nego im zađi za leđa i navali na njih s protivne strane Bekaima.

²³And David inquired of Jehovah; and he said, Thou shalt not go up; turn round behind them and come upon them opposite the mulberry-trees.

²⁴Kad začuješ topot koraka po bekaimskim vrhovima, onda se požuri, jer će tada Jahve ići pred tobom da pobije filistejsku vojsku."

²⁴And it shall be, when thou hearest a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then will Jehovah have gone forth before thee, to smite the army of the Philistines.

²⁵David učini kako mu je zapovjedio Jahve i pobi Filistejce od Gibeona sve do ulaza u Gezer.

²⁵And David did so, as Jehovah had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou comest to Gezer.