2 Samuel

大卫作犹大和以色列王

1以色列众支派来到希伯 见大卫，说：「我们原是你的骨肉。

2从前扫罗作我们王的时候，率领以色列人出入的是你；耶和华也曾应许你说：『你必牧养我的民以色列，作以色列的君。』」

3于是以色列的长老都来到希伯 见大卫王，大卫在希伯 耶和华面前与他们立约，他们就膏大卫作以色列的王。

4大卫登基的时候年三十岁，在位四十年；

5在希伯 作犹大王七年零六个月，在耶路撒冷作以色列和犹大王三十三年。

6大卫和跟随他的人到了耶路撒冷，要攻打住那地方的耶布斯人。耶布斯人对大卫说：「你若不赶出瞎子、瘸子，必不能进这地方」；心里想大卫决不能进去。

7然而大卫攻取锡安的保障，就是大卫的城。

8当日，大卫说：「谁攻打耶布斯人，当上水沟攻打我心里所恨恶的瘸子、瞎子。」从此有俗语说：「在那里有瞎子、瘸子，他不能进屋去。」

9大卫住在保障里，给保障起名叫大卫城。大卫又从米罗以里，周围筑墙。

10大卫日见强盛，因为耶和华—万军之 神与他同在。

11泰尔王希兰将香柏木运到大卫那里，又差遣使者和木匠、石匠给大卫建造宫殿。

12大卫就知道耶和华坚立他作以色列王，又为自己的民以色列使他的国兴旺。

13大卫离开希伯 之后，在耶路撒冷又立后妃，又生儿女。

14在耶路撒冷所生的儿子是沙母亚、朔罢、拿单、所罗门、

15益辖、以利书亚、尼斐、雅非亚、

16以利沙玛、以利雅大、以利法列。

战胜非利士人

17非利士人听见人膏大卫作以色列王，非利士众人就上来寻索大卫；大卫听见，就下到保障。

18非利士人来了，布散在利乏音谷。

19大卫求问耶和华说：「我可以上去攻打非利士人吗？你将他们交在我手里吗？」耶和华说：「你可以上去，我必将非利士人交在你手里。」

20大卫来到巴力·毗拉心，在那里击杀非利士人，说：「耶和华在我面前冲破敌人，如同水冲去一般。」因此称那地方为巴力·毗拉心。

21非利士人将偶像撇在那里，大卫和跟随他的人拿去了。

22非利士人又上来，布散在利乏音谷。

23大卫求问耶和华；耶和华说：「不要一直地上去，要转到他们后头，从桑林对面攻打他们。

24你听见桑树梢上有脚步的声音，就要急速前去，因为那时耶和华已经在你前头去攻打非利士人的军队。」

25大卫就遵着耶和华所吩咐的去行，攻打非利士人，从迦巴直到基色。

David Anointed King of All Israel

1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

2Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

4David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.

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

David Conquers Jerusalem

6Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”

7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

8On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”

9So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terracesinward.

10And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.

11Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.

David’s Family Grows

12And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

13After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

14These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua,Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

15Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

16Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

Two Victories over the Philistines

17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.

18Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

19So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

20So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.

21There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.

22Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

23So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

24As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”

25So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeonto Gezer.