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

¹And all the tribes of Israel come unto David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, `Lo, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh;

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.

²also heretofore, in Saul`s being king over us, thou hast been he who is bringing out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah saith to thee, Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art for leader 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.

³And all the elders of Israel come unto the king, to Hebron, and king David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel.

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

⁴A son of thirty years [is] David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned;

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

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.

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.

⁶And the king goeth, and his men, to Jerusalem, unto the Jebusite, the inhabitant of the land, and they speak to David, saying, `Thou dost not come in hither, except thou turn aside the blind and the lame;` saying, `David doth not come in hither.`

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

⁷And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it [is] the city of David.

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!

⁸And David saith on that day, `Any one smiting the Jebusite, (let him go up by the watercourse), and the lame and the blind — the hated of David`s soul,` — because the blind and lame say, `He doth not come into the house.`

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

⁹And David dwelleth in the fortress, and calleth it — City of David, and David buildeth round about, from Millo and inward,

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

¹⁰and David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah, God of Hosts, [is] with him.

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

¹¹And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David,

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

¹²and David knoweth that Jehovah hath established him for king over Israel, and that He hath lifted up his kingdom, because of His people Israel.

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.

¹³And David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters.

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

¹⁴And these [are] the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

¹⁵Ibhar, Elisua, Nefeg in Jafija,

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

¹⁶in Elisama, Eliada in Elifelet.

¹⁶and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.

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.

¹⁷And the Philistines hear that they have anointed David for king over Israel, and all the Philistines come up to seek David, and David heareth, and goeth down unto the fortress,

¹⁸Filistejci pa pridejo in se razpostavijo v dolini Refaimov.

¹⁸and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

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!

¹⁹And David asketh of Jehovah, saying, `Do I go up unto the Philistines? dost Thou give them into my hand?` And Jehovah saith unto David, `Go up, for I certainly give the Philistines into thy hand.`

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.

²⁰And David cometh in to Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and saith, `Jehovah hath broken forth [on] mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters;` therefore he hath called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.

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

²¹And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up.

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

²²And the Philistines add again to come up, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim,

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

²³and David asketh of Jehovah, and He saith, `Thou dost not go up, turn round unto their rear, and thou hast come to them over-against the mulberries,

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.

²⁴and it cometh to pass, in thy hearing the sound of a stepping in the tops of the mulberries, then thou dost move sharply, for then hath Jehovah gone out before thee to smite in the camp of the Philistines.`

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

²⁵And David doth so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smiteth the Philistines from Geba unto thy coming to Gazer.