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 [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 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

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 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

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

David was 30 years old when he became their king. He ruled them for 40 years.

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 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 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

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

But David’s army captured the fortress on Zion [Hill], [and later it was known as] David’s City.

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

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 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]

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

David continued to become more and more powerful/influential, because the Almighty Commander of the armies of angels was with/helping 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

[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 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

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 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

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

The names of the sons who were born in Jerusalem were Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

15 and Ibhar and Elishua and Nepheg and Japhia

Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

16 and Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet

Elishama, Eliada, 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

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

The [army of] Philistia arrived at Rephaim Valley [southwest of Jerusalem] and spread all over the valley.

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

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 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

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

The Philistia men left their idols there; so David and his soldiers took them away.

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

Then the Philistia [army] returned to Rephaim Valley and spread all over the valley.

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

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 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

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 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

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].