2 Samuël 5
1 Toen kwamen alle stammen van Israël tot David in Hebron en zeiden: Zie, wij zijn uw vlees en bloed!
Then [the leaders of] all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and said to him, “Listen, we have the same ancestors [IDM] that you do.
2 Reeds vroeger, toen Saul nog koning over ons was, waart gij het, die Israël te velde deed trekken en terugbracht. En tot u heeft Jahweh gezegd: "Gij zult mijn volk Israël weiden; gij zult de leider van Israël zijn!"
In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our Israeli soldiers [in our battles]. You are the one to whom Yahweh promised, ‘You will be the leader [MET] of my people; you will be their king.’”
3 Toen alle oudsten van Israël dus tot den koning in Hebron gekomen waren, sloot koning David met hen een verbond voor het aanschijn van Jahweh, en werd David door hen tot koning over Israël gezalfd.
So while Yahweh was listening, all those leaders of the people of Israel declared there at Hebron [that David would be their king]. And David made a sacred agreement with them. They anointed him [with olive oil to set him apart] to be the king of the Israeli people.
4 David was dertig jaar, toen hij koning werd, en veertig jaar lang heeft hij geregeerd.
David was 30 years old when he became their king. He ruled them for 40 years.
5 Zeven jaar en zes maanden regeerde hij over Juda in Hebron, en drie en dertig jaar over heel Israël en Juda in Jerusalem.
In Hebron he ruled over the tribe of Judah for seven and a half years, and in Jerusalem he ruled over all the people of Judah and Israel for 33 years.
6 Nu trok de koning met zijn manschappen naar Jerusalem op, tegen de Jeboesieten, de inheemse bevolking. Dezen riepen tot David: Hier komt ge niet binnen; blinden en kreupelen zouden het u kunnen beletten! Daarmee bedoelden ze: David kan hier onmogelijk in.
[One day] King David and his soldiers went to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebus people-group who lived there. The people there thought that David’s army would not be able to capture the city, so they sent a message to David, saying “Your army will never be able to get inside our city! Even the blind and crippled people will be able to chase you away!”
7 Maar David veroverde de Sionsvesting, de zogenaamde Davidstad.
But David’s army captured the fortress on Zion [Hill], [and later it was known as] David’s City.
8 Bij die gelegenheid sprak David: Wie het eerst de Jeboesieten verslaat, en door de tunnel daar binnendringt, wordt opperste bevelhebber, want David haat die blinden en kreupelen! Vandaar dat men zegt: Blinden en kreupelen komen niet binnen!
On that day, David said [to his soldiers], “Those who want to get rid of the Jebus people-group should go through the water tunnel [to enter the city]. Then they can attack those people whom I [SYN] detest—[and we will find out if any] blind and crippled people [will be able to stop them]!” That is why people say, “Blind and crippled people cannot enter Yahweh’s temple.”
9 Daarna vestigde David zich in de vesting, die hij Davidstad noemde, en hij bouwde de stad in heel haar omvang van het Millo af tot het paleis.
[After] David [and his soldiers captured] the city with its strong walls around it, he lived there, and they named it ‘David’s City’. David [and his soldiers] built the city around the fortress, starting where the [land was (filled in/terraces) on the east side of the hill].
10 David werd nu hoe langer hoe machtiger, daar Jahweh, de God der heirscharen, met hem was.
David continued to become more and more powerful/influential, because the Almighty Commander of the armies of angels was with/helping him.
11 Daarom zond Chirom, de koning van Tyrus, gezanten tot David; ook cederhout, timmerlieden en steenhouwers, om voor David een paleis te bouwen.
[One day] Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], sent ambassadors/messengers to David [to talk about making agreements between their countries]. Hiram agreed to provide cedar trees [to make lumber], and also that he would send carpenters and masons, to build a palace for David.
12 Zo begreep David, dat Jahweh hem tot koning van Israël had bevestigd, en dat Hij zijn koningschap verheven had terwille van Israël, zijn volk.
His doing that caused David to realize that Yahweh truly had appointed him to be the king of Israel, and that Yahweh was going to cause his kingdom to prosper, because Yahweh loved the Israeli people, whom [he had chosen to] belong to him.
13 Nadat David uit Hebron gekomen was, nam hij ook in Jerusalem nog bij- en hoofdvrouwen, en kreeg nog meer zonen en dochters.
After David moved from Hebron to Jerusalem, he took more slave women to be his second-class wives, and he also married other women. [All of those women] gave birth to more sons and daughters.
14 Hier volgen de namen van hen, die hem te Jerusalem geboren werden: Sjammóea, Sjobab, Natan en Salomon,
The names of the sons who were born in Jerusalem were Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
15 Jibchar, Elisjóea, Néfeg en Jafia,
Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
16 Elisjama, Eljada en Elifélet.
Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
17 Maar toen de Filistijnen vernamen, dat men David tot koning van Israël had gezalfd, trokken alle Filistijnen op, om zich van David meester te maken. Bij het vernemen hiervan, trok David zich terug in de vesting.
When the Philistia people heard that David had been appointed to be the king of Israel, their army went up [toward Jerusalem] to try to capture David. But David heard that they were coming, so he went down to another fortified place.
18 Toen de Filistijnen gekomen waren en zich over het dal der Refaïeten verspreid hadden,
The [army of] Philistia arrived at Rephaim Valley [southwest of Jerusalem] and spread all over the valley.
19 vroeg David aan Jahweh: Moet ik oprukken tegen de Filistijnen; zult Gij ze aan mij overleveren? Jahweh antwoordde David: Trek op; want Ik lever de Filistijnen aan u over.
David asked Yahweh, “Should [my men and] I attack the Philistia army? Will you enable us to defeat them [IDM]?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, attack them, because I will certainly enable your army to defeat them. [IDM]”
20 Zo kwam David bij Báal-Perasim; hij versloeg ze daar en zeide: Zoals water door een dam breekt, is Jahweh aan mijn spits door mijn vijanden heen gebroken! Vandaar dat die plaats Báal-Perasim heet.
So David [and his army] went to [where the Philistia army was], and there they defeated them. Then David said, “Yahweh has burst through my enemies like a flood.” [SIM] So that place is called ‘Lord of Bursting-through’.
21 De afgodsbeelden, die de Filistijnen in de steek gelaten hadden, namen David en zijn manschappen mee.
The Philistia men left their idols there; so David and his soldiers took them away.
22 Toen de Filistijnen andermaal waren opgerukt en zich over het dal der Refaïeten hadden verspreid,
Then the Philistia [army] returned to Rephaim Valley and spread all over the valley.
23 raadpleegde David Jahweh opnieuw. Hij antwoordde: Val niet aan, maar maak een omtrekkende beweging naar hun achterhoede, en ga op hen af van de kant der balsemstruiken.
So again David asked Yahweh [if his army should attack them]. But Yahweh replied, “Do not attack them [from here]. Tell your men to go around them and attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees.
24 Als gij in de toppen der balsemstruiken het geruis van schreden verneemt, maak u dan ijlings gereed; want dan gaat Jahweh u vóór, om het leger der Filistijnen te verslaan.
When you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like [an army] marching, attack them, because I will have gone ahead of you [to enable your army] to defeat their army.”
25 David deed juist zoals Jahweh het hem bevolen had, en hij versloeg de Filistijnen van Géba af, tot in de nabijheid van Gézer.
So David did what Yahweh told him to do, and his [army] defeated the Philistia army from Geba [city] all the way [west] to Gezer [city].
