داود يملك على إسرائيل ويهوذا
(أخ 11:1-3)1 وأقبلَ جميعُ أسباطِ إِسرائيلَ إلى داوُدَ في حَبرونَ وقالوا لَه: «أنتَ ونحنُ: جميعُنا مِنْ شعبٍ واحدٍ. 2 حينَ كانَ شاوُلُ علَينا مَلِكا، كنتَ تقودُ شعبَ إِسرائيلَ للحربِ، والرّبُّ قالَ لكَ: أنتَ ترعى شعبـي بَني إِسرائيلَ وتكونُ قائدا لهُم». 3 وأقبَلَ شُيوخُ إِسرائيلَ إلى داوُدَ في حَبرونَ، فعاهَدَهُم أمامَ الرّبِّ ومَسحوهُ مَلِكا على بَيتِ إِسرائيلَ. 4 وكانَ داوُدُ ابنَ ثَلاثينَ سنَةً يومَ صارَ مَلِكا، وملَكَ أربعينَ سنَةً. 5 ملَكَ بِـحَبرونَ على بَيتِ يَهوذا سبْعَ سِنينَ وستَّةَ أشهرٍ، وملَكَ بأورُشليمَ ثَلاثا وثلاثينَ سنَةً على جميعِ إِسرائيلَ ويَهوذا.
داود يستولي على أورشليم
(1أخ 11:4-9؛ 1أخ 14:1-2)6 وسارَ المَلِكُ ورِجالُهُ إلى أورُشليمَ لِمُحاربَةِ اليَبوسيِّينَ سُكانِها، فقالَ لَه هؤلاءِ وهُم يَظنُّونَ أنَّه لا يَقدِرُ أنْ يَدخُلَها: «لا يُمكِنُكَ أنْ تَدخُلَ إلى هُنا، فحتّى العميانُ والعُرْجُ يصدُّونكَ». 7 لكنَّ داوُدَ احتَلَّ حِصنَ صِهيونَ وهوَ مدينةُ داوُدَ 8 وقالَ في ذلِكَ اليومِ لرجالِهِ: «مَنْ أرادَ أنْ يُهاجمَ يَبوسيًّا، فليَدخُلْ عبرَ قناةِ المياهِ إلى حيثُ أولئِكَ العُرْجُ والعُميانُ الّذينَ تَعافُهُم نفْسي». فلذلِكَ يُقالُ: «لا يدخُلُ بَيتَ الرّبِّ أعمى ولا أعرَجُ». 9 وأقامَ داوُدُ في الحِصنِ وسَمَّاهُ مدينةَ داوُدَ، وبَنى حولَه سُورا مِنَ القَلعةِ إلى الدَّاخلِ. 10 وكانَ داوُدُ يَزدادُ عظمَةً، والرّبُّ القديرُ معَهُ.
11 وأرسَلَ حِيرامُ مَلِكُ صورَ وفدا إلى داوُدَ وأخشابَ أرزٍ ونَجَّارينَ ونحَّاتينَ، فبَنَوا لَه قصرا 12 وعرَفَ داوُدُ أنَّ الرّبَّ ثَبَّتهُ مَلِكا على بَني إِسرائيلَ وعَظَّمَ مُلكَهُ إكراما لِشعبِه. 13 وبَعدَ مَجيئِهِ مِنْ حَبرونَ اتَّخذَ لَه جواريَ وزوجاتٍ مِنْ أورُشليمَ، ووُلِدَ لَه بَنونَ وبَناتٌ. 14 وهذِهِ أسماءُ المَولودينَ لَه في أورُشليمَ: شَمُّوعُ وشوبابُ وناثانُ وسليمانُ 15 وبـيحارُ وأليشوعُ ونافَجُ ويافيعُ 16 وأليشَمَعُ وأليداعُ وأليفَلَطُ.
داود ينتصر على الفلسطيّين
(1أخ 14:8-16)17 ولمَّا سمِعَ الفِلسطيُّونَ أنَّ داوُدَ صارَ مَلِكا على إسرائيلَ، صعِدوا جميعا لمُحاربَتِهِ. فعَلِمَ داوُدُ بذلِكَ، فنَزَلَ إلى موقعٍ حصينٍ. 18 وجاءَ الفِلسطيُّونَ وانتَشَروا في وادي الرَّفائيمِ. 19 فسألَ داوُدُ الرّبَّ: «هل أصعَدُ لِمُحاربَتِهِم؟ وهل تُسلِمُهُم إلى يدي؟» فقالَ لَه الرّبُّ: «إصعَدْ، فأسلِمَهُم إلى يَدِكَ». 20 وزحَفَ داوُدُ إلى بَعل فراصيمَ وهَزَمهُم هُناكَ وقالَ: «الرّبُّ اجتاحَ أعدائي كالسَّيلِ». ولذلِكَ سُمِّيَ ذلِكَ الموضِعُ بَعلَ فراصيمَ. 21 وترَكَ الفِلسطيُّونَ أصنامَهُم هُناكَ، فأخَذَها داوُدُ ورجالُه.
22 وعادَ الفِلسطيُّونَ وانتَشَروا في وادي الرَّفائيمِ. 23 فسألَ داوُدُ الرّبَّ، فأجابَه: «لا تَصعَدْ إليهِم مُواجَهةً، بلِ التَفَّ علَيهِم مِنَ الخَلْفِ مِنْ جِهةِ أشجارِ البَلسَمِ، 24 فإذا سَمِعتَ صوتَ خطواتٍ في رُؤوسِ أشجارِ البَلسَمِ فتقدَّمْ لأنِّي أكونُ خرجتُ أمامَكَ للانتصارِ علَيهِم». 25 ففعَلَ داودُ كما أمرَهُ الرّبُّ وهزَمَ الفِلسطيِّينَ مِنْ جبَعٍ إلى مدخَلِ جازَرَ.
David Becomes King of Israel
(1 Chronicles 11.1-3)1 Israel's leaders met with David at Hebron and said, “We are your relatives. 2 Even when Saul was king, you led our nation in battle. And the Lord promised that someday you would rule Israel and take care of us like a shepherd.”
3 During the meeting, David made an agreement with the leaders and asked the Lord to be their witness. Then the leaders poured olive oil on David's head to show that he was now the king of Israel.
4 David was 30 years old when he became king, and he ruled for 40 years. 5 He lived in Hebron for the first seven and a half years and ruled only Judah. Then he moved to Jerusalem, where he ruled both Israel and Judah for 33 years.
How David Captured Jerusalem
(1 Chronicles 11.4-91 14.11 2)6 The Jebusites lived in Jerusalem, and David led his army there to attack them. The Jebusites did not think he could get in, so they told him, “You can't get in here! We could keep you out, even if we couldn't see or walk!”
7-9 David told his troops, “You will have to go up through the water tunnel to get those Jebusites. I hate people like them who can't walk or see.”
That's why there is still a rule that says, “Only people who can walk and see are allowed in the temple.”
David captured the fortress on Mount Zion, then he moved there and named it David's City. He had the city rebuilt, starting with the landfill to the east. 10 David became a great and strong ruler, because the Lord All-Powerful was on his side.
11 King Hiram of Tyre sent some officials to David. Carpenters and stone workers came with them, and they brought cedar logs so they could build David a palace.
12 David knew that the Lord had made him king of Israel and that he had made him a powerful ruler for the good of his people.
David's Sons Born in Jerusalem
(1 Chronicles 14.3-7)13 After David left Hebron and moved to Jerusalem, he married many women from Jerusalem, and he had a lot of children. 14 His sons who were born there were Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
David Fights the Philistines
(1 Chronicles 14.8-17)17 The Philistines heard that David was now king of Israel, and they came into the hill country to try and capture him. But David found out and went into his fortress. 18 So the Philistines camped in Rephaim Valley.
19 David asked the Lord, “Should I attack the Philistines? Will you let me win?”
The Lord told David, “Attack! I will let you win.”
20 David attacked the Philistines and defeated them. Then he said, “I watched the Lord break through my enemies like a mighty flood.” So he named the place “The Lord Broke Through.” 21 David and his troops also carried away the idols that the Philistines had left behind.
22 Some time later, the Philistines came back into the hill country and camped in Rephaim Valley. 23 David asked the Lord what he should do, and the Lord answered:
Don't attack them from the front. Circle around behind and attack from among the balsam trees. 24 Wait until you hear a sound in the treetops like marching troops. Then attack quickly! That sound will mean I have marched out ahead of you to fight the Philistine army.
25 David obeyed the Lord and defeated the Philistines. He even chased them all the way from Geba to the entrance to Gezer.