1All the tribes of Israel pulled up to David in Hebron, saying, "Yo, we’re your fam, like for real."

2Back in the day when Saul was king, you were the one leading Israel, and the Lord was like, "You’re gonna take care of my peeps and be their captain."

3So all the elders of Israel showed up to the king in Hebron; and King David made a deal with them before the Lord, and they anointed him king over Israel.

4David was 30 when he started ruling, and he was in charge for 40 years, no cap.

5He ruled over Judah for seven years and six months in Hebron, then reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah in Jerusalem.

6The king and his crew went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites, who were like, "Unless you take out the blind and lame, you can't come in here," thinking David couldn’t roll through.

7But David straight-up took the stronghold of Zion, which is now called the city of David.

8David said that day, "Whoever climbs up and takes out the Jebusites, the lame and the blind, who I’m not vibing with, will be chief and captain." They said, "The blind and lame can’t come into the house."

9So David chilled in the fort and named it the city of David, building up from Millo and inward.

10David kept leveling up, and the Lord God of hosts was with him, vibing hard.

11Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David with cedar trees, carpenters, and masons to build him a sick house.

12David realized the Lord had made him king over Israel and boosted his kingdom for the sake of his people.

13David added more wives and concubines from Jerusalem after he came back from Hebron; he had more sons and daughters, no cap.

14Here are the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, vibes.

15Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, and Japhia too, all part of the crew.

16And Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphalet made the list.

17When the Philistines heard David was king over Israel, they rolled up to find him; David caught wind and went down to the hold.

18The Philistines showed up again and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

19David asked the Lord, "Should I go up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The Lord was like, "Go for it; I got you."

20David hit Baal–perazim, smashed them there, and said, "The Lord broke through my enemies like a flood." So he named that place Baal–perazim.

21They left their idols behind, and David and his crew burned them, savage move.

22The Philistines came back again, spreading out in the valley of Rephaim.

23When David asked the Lord again, He said, "Don’t go up; sneak behind them and come at them by the mulberry trees."

24And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that’s your cue to move; the Lord will go out before you to take down the Philistines.

25David did just as the Lord commanded and took out the Philistines from Geba all the way to Gazer, lit.

1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2Also 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.

3So 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.

4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

6And 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.

7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

8And 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.

9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

10And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.

11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

12And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.

13And 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.

14And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

15Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

16And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.

17But 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.

18The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

19And 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.

20And David came to Baal–perazim, 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 Baal–perazim.

21And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

22And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

23And 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.

24And 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.

25And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.