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.
Dafite unobigwa mambo we Iziraela ne Juda
(1 Zwiyitikalo 11:1-91 14:1-7)1 Ndizo njudzi dzose dze Iziraela dzakazha kuna Dafite ku Heburoni, ngono bakandwa bakati, “Bonani ti bathu benyu, ti lopa ling'ompela. 2 Mu tjibaka tjakapinda, tibusiwa ndi Saulo ali mambo wedu, ndimwi makabe mutungamila Iziraela mu ngwa dzayo. Yahwe bakamubudza beti, iwe unowobe nlisi we bathu bangu Baiziraela, iwe unowobe mbusi we Iziraela.” 3 Kwakati batungamili bose be Iziraela bezha kuna Mambo Dafite ku Heburoni, mambo bakathama tjidumano nabo mu Heburoni mbeli kwa Yahwe, ngono bakazhodza Dafite kube mambo we Iziraela. 4 Dafite wakabe ana makole ali makumi matatu (30) ha etangisa busa, ngono kabusa makole ali makumi manna (40). 5 Mu Heburoni wakabusa Juda makole ali kutendeka ana mimwedzi ili mitathatu, mu Jerusalema wakabusa Iziraela yose ne Juda makole ali makumi matatu ana ali matatu (33).
6 Mambo ne bathu babo bakangina mu Jerusalema kugwa ne Bajebusi, bakabe bali bagali be shango iyeyo, bakadwa Dafite beti, “Aungangine imomu, ungadzibiwa nge zwilema nenge mapofu dumbu.” Bekumbula beti, “Dafite angatinginilile ipapa.” 7 Nakuto kwakajalo Dafite katola matizhilo e Ziyoni, anodang'wa kuyi, “Nzi nkulu wa Dafite” 8 Mu zhuba ilelo Dafite wakalebeleka eti, “Mmwe ne mmwe unoshaka nginilila Bajebusi, ngaatobele ngolo ye vula kuti anoswika ku zwilema ne mapofu anobengiwa ndi Dafite.” Ndizo kuyi, “Mapofu ne zwilema abatowongina mu ng'umba.” 9 Dafite wakagala mu matizhilo iyawo, kabe eadana Nzi nkulu wa Dafite. Kabaka nzi kuupoteleka kudwa pa duluthulo kunoti mukati. 10 Ngono simba la Dafite likapaphidzika ngobe Yahwe Ndzimu Masimbawose bakabe banaye.
11 Mambo Hiramu we Tire katuma batumwa kuna Dafite, bakayenda ne mapango e misida ne babezhi ne bathuli be mabgwe bakabakila Dafite ng'umba ye bushe. 12 Dafite kaziba kuti Yahwe bakanthama mambo kubusa Iziraela, kakale bakamilidza mbuso uwe ngekwe bathu babo Baiziraela.
13 Dafite wakati asinodwa mu Heburoni, kalobola bamwe bakadzi ne balongwana mu Jerusalema, ngono bakanzwalila bakololo ne bakololokadzi bamwe. 14 Awa ndiwo mazina e bana babe bakazwaligwa mu Jerusalema: Shamuya na Shobabu na Nathani na Solomoni na 15 Ibihari na Elishowa na Nefegi na Jafiya 16 na Elishama na Eliyada na Elifeleti.
Bafilisitiya banokundiwa
(1 Zwiyitikalo 14:8-17)17 Kwakati Bafilisitiya bahwa kuti Dafite wakazhodziwa kube mambo kubusa Baiziraela, Bafilisitiya bose bakatathila pezhugwi kunovima Dafite, koga Dafite kahwa ngekwako kadelukila ku matizhilo. 18 Bafilisitiya bakazha bakaandama mu Nkuku we Refaimu. 19 Dafite kabhuzwa kuna Yahwe kati, “Apa ndingayenda anogwa ne Bafilisitiya kene? Apa mowobalonga mu luboko gwangu kene?” Yahwe bakan'dabila beti, “Yenda, ngobe tjoselele Bafilisitiya ndowobalonga mu luboko gugo.” 20 Ndizo Dafite kazha ku Bhaaleparazimu, ngono kabakundapo. Kabe eti, “Yahwe bakapitula zwita zwangu mbeli kwangu, se kupituka kwe nsundila.” Ndizo pathu ipapo pakadang'wa Bhaaleparazimu. 21 Bafilisitiya bakasiya midzimu yabo ipapo, ngono Dafite ne bathu babe bakaitola.
22 Bafilisitiya bakabgwilila bakaandama mu Nkuku we Refaimu. 23 Ngono kukati Dafite ebhuzwa Yahwe, bakadabila beti, “Usitongo bashangamidza, ubapoteleke shule, ubanginilile udwa ku lubizho gwe miti ye malibheri. 24 Ha uhwa nsindo we makumbo pezhugwi kwe miti ye malibheri, utjimbidze, ngobe kowobe kudwa kuti ndakutungamila kubulaya babhayani be Bafilisitiya.” 25 Dafite kathama koga sekwa adwiwa ndi Yahwe, kabulaya Bafilisitiya kudwa ku Geba kunoti ku Gezeri.