1	Then came# all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake# , saying# , Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
			2	Also in time past# , when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out# and broughtest in# Israel: and the LORD said# to thee, Thou shalt feed# my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
			3	So all the elders of Israel came# to the king to Hebron; and king David made# a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed# David king over Israel.
			4	David was thirty years old when he began to reign# , and he reigned# forty years.
			5	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 the king and his men went# to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants# of the land: which spake# unto David, saying# , Except thou take away# the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in# hither: thinking# , David cannot come in# hither. [thinking...: or, saying David shall not, etc]
			7	Nevertheless David took# the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
			8	And David said# on that day, Whosoever getteth up# to the gutter, and smiteth# the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated# of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain . Wherefore they said# , The blind and the lame shall not come# into the house. [Wherefore...: or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame, He shall not]
			9	So David dwelt# in the fort, and called# it the city of David. And David built# round about from Millo and inward.
			10	And David went# on# , and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him. [went...: Heb. went, going and growing]
			11	And Hiram king of Tyre sent# messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons# : and they built# David an house. [masons: Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall]
			12	And David perceived# that the LORD had established# him king over Israel, and that he had exalted# his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
			13	And David took# him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come# from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born# to David.
			14	And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
			15	Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
			16	And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
			17	But when the Philistines heard# that they had anointed# David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up# to seek# David; and David heard# of it , and went down# to the hold.
			18	The Philistines also came# and spread# themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
			19	And David enquired# of the LORD, saying# , Shall I go up# to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver# them into mine hand? And the LORD said# unto David, Go up# : for I will doubtless# deliver# the Philistines into thine hand.
			20	And David came# to Baalperazim, and David smote# them there, and said# , The LORD hath broken forth# upon mine enemies# before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called# the name of that place Baalperazim. [Baalperazim: that is, the plain of breaches]
			21	And there they left# their images, and David and his men burned# them. [burned...: or, took them away]
			22	And the Philistines came up# yet again# , and spread# themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
			23	And when David enquired# of the LORD, he said# , Thou shalt not go up# ; but fetch a compass# behind them, and come# upon them over against the mulberry trees.
			24	And let it be, when thou hearest# the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir# thyself: for then shall the LORD go out# before thee, to smite# the host of the Philistines.
			25	And David did so# , as the LORD had commanded# him; and smote# the Philistines from Geba until thou come# to Gazer. [Geba: also called, Gibeon]