1And all the tribes of Israel came to David, to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we [are] your bone and your flesh. 2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he who led Israel out and brought them in. And the LORD said to you, You shall feed My people Israel, and you shall be a leader over Israel. 3And all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. And king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel. 4David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign. He reigned forty years. 5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. 6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites, the people of the land. And one spoke to David saying, You shall not come in here, except the blind and the lame will turn you away; also saying, David cannot come in here. 7And David took the stronghold of Zion; it [is] the city of David. 8And David said on that day, Anyone who strikes the Jebusite, let him go by the water-shaft and [take] the lame and the blind, the hated of David's soul. On account of this they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. 9And David lived in the fort, and called it [the] city of David. And David built all around, from Millo and inward. 10And David went on and became great, and the LORD God of hosts [was] with him. 11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons to David. And they built David a house. 12And David saw that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that He had made his kingdom sure for His people Israel's sake. 13And David took more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron. And there were still more sons and daughters born to David. 14These [are] the names of those to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 15and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 16and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. 17And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel. And all the Philistines came up to seek David. And David heard, and went down to the stronghold. 18And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the Valley of the Giants. 19And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to David, Go up! For I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand. 20And David came to Baal-perazim, and David struck them there, and said, The LORD has broken forth [on] my enemies before me, like the breaking forth of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place The Breaking of Baal. 21And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away. 22And the Philistines came up again and spread themselves in the Valley of the Giants. 23And David inquired of the LORD, and He said, You shall not go up, [but] go around behind them and come upon them over across from the weeping trees. 24And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the weeping trees, then you shall strike. For then the LORD shall go out before you to strike the army of the Philistines. 25And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him. And [he] struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.