2 Samuel 5

1 and to come (in): come all tribe Israel to(wards) David Hebron [to] and to say to/for to say look! we bone your and flesh your we

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

2 also previously also three days ago in/on/with to be Saul king upon us you(m. s.) (to be *Q(k)*) ([the] to come out: send *Q(K)*) (and [the] to come (in): bring *Q(k)*) [obj] Israel and to say LORD to/for you you(m. s.) to pasture [obj] people my [obj] Israel and you(m. s.) to be to/for leader upon Israel

Already yesterday, and even before, when Saul was king over us, thou wast the one that led out and brought in Israel: And the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt indeed feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a chief over Israel.

3 and to come (in): come all old: elder Israel to(wards) [the] king Hebron [to] and to cut: make(covenant) to/for them [the] king David covenant in/on/with Hebron to/for face: before LORD and to anoint [obj] David to/for king upon Israel

Thus came all the elders of Israel to the king unto Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David as king over Israel.

4 son: aged thirty year David in/on/with to reign he forty year to reign

Thirty years was David old when he became king, [and] forty years he reigned.

5 in/on/with Hebron to reign upon Judah seven year and six month and in/on/with Jerusalem to reign thirty and three year upon all Israel and Judah

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

6 and to go: went [the] king and human his Jerusalem to(wards) [the] Jebusite to dwell [the] land: country/planet and to say to/for David to/for to say not to come (in): come here/thus that if: except if: except to turn aside: turn aside you [the] blind and [the] lame to/for to say not to come (in): come David here/thus

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; who said unto David, as followeth, Thou shalt not come in hither, except thou [first] remove away the blind and the lame: meaning, David cannot come in hither.

7 and to capture David [obj] fortress Zion he/she/it city David

Nevertheless David captured the strong-hold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

8 and to say David in/on/with day [the] he/she/it all to smite Jebusite and to touch in/on/with water and [obj] [the] lame and [obj] [the] blind (to hate *Q(K)*) soul David upon so to say blind and lame not to come (in): come to(wards) [the] house: home

And David said on that day, Whosoever will smite the Jebusites, and reach the aqueduct and the lame and the blind, that are hateful to David's soul, —Wherefore people usually say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

9 and to dwell David in/on/with fortress and to call: call by to/for her city David and to build David around from [the] Millo and house: inside [to]

And David dwelt in the fort, and he called it “The City of David.” And David built [it] round about from the Millo and inward.

10 and to go: continue David to go: continue and to magnify and LORD God Hosts with him

And David went on, and became greater and greater, and the Lord the God of hosts was with him.

11 and to send: depart Hiram king Tyre messenger to(wards) David and tree cedar and artificer tree: carpenter and artificer stone wall and to build house: home to/for David

And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and stone-masons: and they built a house for David.

12 and to know David for to establish: establish him LORD to/for king upon Israel and for to lift: exalt kingdom his in/on/with for the sake of people his Israel

And David felt conscious that the Lord has established him as king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

13 and to take: take David still concubine and woman: wife from Jerusalem after to come (in): come he from Hebron and to beget still to/for David son: child and daughter

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

14 and these name [the] born to/for him in/on/with Jerusalem Shammua and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon

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

15 and Ibhar and Elishua and Nepheg and Japhia

And Yibchar, and Elishua', and Nepheg, and Yaphia',

16 and Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet

And Elishama', and Elyada', and Eliphelet.

17 and to hear: hear Philistine for to anoint [obj] David to/for king upon Israel and to ascend: rise all Philistine to/for to seek [obj] David and to hear: hear David and to go down to(wards) [the] fortress

But when the Philistines heard that the people had anointed David as king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went down to the strong-hold.

18 and Philistine to come (in): come and to leave in/on/with Valley (of Rephaim) (Valley of) Rephaim

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

19 and to ask David in/on/with LORD to/for to say to ascend: rise to(wards) Philistine to give: give them in/on/with hand: power my and to say LORD to(wards) David to ascend: rise for to give: give to give: give [obj] [the] Philistine in/on/with hand: power your

And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

20 and to come (in): come David in/on/with Baal-perazim Baal-perazim and to smite them there David and to say to break through LORD [obj] enemy my to/for face: before my like/as breach water upon so to call: call by name [the] place [the] he/she/it Baal-perazim Baal-perazim

And David came to Ba'al-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken down my enemies before me, as a breach [is made by] water. Wherefore he called the name of that place Ba'al-perazim.

21 and to leave: forsake there [obj] idol their and to lift: bear them David and human his

And they left behind there their idols, and David and his men burnt them.

22 and to add: again still Philistine to/for to ascend: rise and to leave in/on/with Valley (of Rephaim) (Valley of) Rephaim

And the Philistines came up once again, and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

23 and to ask David in/on/with LORD and to say not to ascend: rise to turn: surround to(wards) after them and to come (in): come to/for them from opposite balsam

And when David asked counsel of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but turn about and fall in the rear of them, and come upon them opposite to the mulberry-trees.

24 and to be (like/as to hear: hear you *Q(K)*) [obj] voice: sound marching in/on/with head: top [the] balsam then to decide for then to come out: come LORD to/for face: before your to/for to smite in/on/with camp Philistine

And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of walking on the top of the mulberry-trees, that thou shalt then bestir thyself; for then will the Lord go out before thee, to smite in the camp of the Philistines.

25 and to make: do David so like/as as which to command him LORD and to smite [obj] Philistine from Geba till to come (in): towards you Gezer

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