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 all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, saying, "Look, we are your bone and your flesh.

2 also previously also three days ago in/on/with to be Saul king upon us you(m. s.) (to be *Qk) ([the] to come out: send *QK) (and [the] to come (in): bring *Qk) [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 times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. YHWH said to you, 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be ruler 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

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before YHWH; and they anointed David king over Israel.

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

David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty 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 reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-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

The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, "Unless you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here"; thinking, "David can't come in here."

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

Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion, that 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 *QK) soul David upon so to say blind and lame not to come (in): come to(wards) [the] house: home

David said on that day, "Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and strike the lame and the blind, those who hate the soul of David." Therefore they say, "The blind and the lame can't come into the palace."

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]

David lived in the stronghold, and called it the City of David. And he built a city all around from the Millo and inward.

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

David grew greater and greater; for YHWH 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

Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and craftsmen of wood, and craftsmen of a wall; and they built David a palace.

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 knew that YHWH had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.

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

David took more secondary wives and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and there were born to David more sons and daughters.

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

These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

15 and Ibhar and Elishua and Nepheg and Japhia

and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Eliphelet, and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

16 and Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet

and Elishama, and Baaliada, 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 Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.

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

Now the Philistines came and spread 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

David inquired of YHWH, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?" YHWH said to David, "Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your 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

David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and he said, "YHWH has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of waters." Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.

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

And they abandoned their idols there; and David and his men 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

The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves 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 David inquired of YHWH, and YHWH said to him, "You shall not go up. Circle around behind them, and attack them opposite the poplar trees.

24 and to be (like/as to hear: hear you *QK) [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 you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, that then you are to act decisively; for then YHWH has gone out before you to strike the army 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

David did so, as YHWH commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba as far as the approach to Gezer.