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. 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. 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.
11 ¶ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. 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 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. 21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
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.
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.