David Becomes King of Israel and Judah
(1 Chronicles 11.1-91 14.1-7)1 Then all the tribes of Israel went to David at Hebron and said to him, “We are your own flesh and blood. 2 In the past, even when Saul was still our king, you led the people of Israel in battle, and the Lord promised you that you would lead his people and be their ruler.” 3 So all the leaders of Israel came to King David at Hebron. He made a sacred alliance with them, they anointed him, and he became king of Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he ruled for forty years. 5 He ruled in Hebron over Judah for seven and a half years, and in Jerusalem over all Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.
6 The time came when King David and his men set out to attack Jerusalem. The Jebusites, who lived there, thought that David would not be able to conquer the city, and so they said to him, “You will never get in here; even the blind and the crippled could keep you out.” ( 7 But David did capture their fortress of Zion, and it became known as “David's City.”)
8 That day David said to his men, “Does anybody here hate the Jebusites as much as I do? Enough to kill them? Then go up through the water tunnel and attack those poor blind cripples.” (That is why it is said, “The blind and the crippled cannot enter the Lord's house.”)
9 After capturing the fortress, David lived in it and named it “David's City.” He built the city around it, starting at the place where land was filled in on the east side of the hill. 10 He grew stronger all the time, because the Lord God Almighty was with him.
11 King Hiram of Tyre sent a trade mission to David; he provided him with cedar logs and with carpenters and stone masons to build a palace. 12 And so David realized that the Lord had established him as king of Israel and was making his kingdom prosperous for the sake of his people.
13 After moving from Hebron to Jerusalem, David took more concubines and wives, and had more sons and daughters. 14 The following children were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
Victory over the Philistines
(1 Chronicles 14.8-17)17 The Philistines were told that David had been made king of Israel, so their army set out to capture him. When David heard of it, he went down to a fortified place. 18 The Philistines arrived at Rephaim Valley and occupied it. 19 David asked the Lord, “Shall I attack the Philistines? Will you give me the victory?”
“Yes, attack!” the Lord answered. “I will give you the victory!”
20 So David went to Baal Perazim and there he defeated the Philistines. He said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies like a flood.” And so that place is called Baal Perazim. 21 When the Philistines fled, they left their idols behind, and David and his men carried them away.
22 Then the Philistines went back to Rephaim Valley and occupied it again. 23 Once more David consulted the Lord, who answered, “Don't attack them from here, but go around and get ready to attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees. 24 When you hear the sound of marching in the treetops, then attack because I will be marching ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army.” 25 David did what the Lord had commanded, and was able to drive the Philistines back from Geba all the way to Gezer.
David ta ningi ohamba yOvaisraeli aveshe
1 Opo nee omapata aeshe Ovaisraeli e uya kuDavid muHebron ndele taa ti: “Tala, fye ekipa loye nonhumba yoye! 2 Nokuli nale fimbo Saul a li ohamba yetu, ove wa li ou ta twala Israel noku mu alula. NOmwene e ku lombwela: ‘Ove u nokulifa ovanhu vange Israel ndele ove u nokuninga ohamba yOvaisraeli.’ ” 3 Osho ngaha hano ovakulunhu aveshe vaIsrael ve uya kohamba muHebron. Nohamba David ya ninga ehangano navo muHebron koshipala shOmwene. Ndele va vaeka David a ninga ehangano navo muHebron koshipala shOmwene. Ndele va vaeka David a ninga ohamba yOvaisraeli. 4 David eshi a ninga ohamba omido daye da li omilongo nhatu. Nokwa pangela omido omilongo nhee. 5 Okwa pangela Juda muHebron omido heyali neehani hamano. Nokwa pangela muJerusalem Israel ashishe naJuda omido omilongo nhatu nanhatu.
David okwa teya Jerusalem
6 Ohamba eshi ya ya novalumenhu vayo kuJerusalem i homone Ovajebusi ovo va kala moshilongo, ovo ova lombwela David ndele tava ti: Ove ito uya mo omu, ndelenee ovapofi noingudu tai ku taataa nokutya: David ite uya mo omu. 7 Ndelenee David okwa kwata ohotemhunda Sion. Osho oshilando shaDavid. 8 Ndele David okwa popya efiku tuu olo ndele ta ti: “Keshe umwe ta dipaa Omujebusi ndele ta fiki fiyo okekungulukilo lomeva, ye ota taataa ovapofi noingudu oyo i yelike komwenyo waDavid!” Onghee hano tava ti: “Ovapofi noingudu itai uya meumbo.”
9 Ndele David a tula mohotemhunda ndele e i luka oshilando shaDavid. Ndele David okwe shi tunga noku shi yadifa neengulu okudja muMillo fiyo omeni lasho. 10 Ndele David a ehena komesho meenghono efimbo alishe, nOmwene Kalunga komatanga ovakwaita a kala pamwe naye.
Ouhamba waDavid nomateyo aye
11 Opo nee Hiram, ohamba yaTirus, ya tuma ovatumwa kuDavid nomiti domisederi, novapangeli novahongi vomamanya, ve mu tungile ongulu. 12 Osho ngaha hano David e shi dimbulukwa nokutya Omwene e mu pameka ohamba yOvaisraeli, nouhamba waye wa tumbala omolwoshiwana shaye Israel. 13 Ndele David eshi a dja muHebron nokwe uya kuJerusalem, okwa kufa vali ovalikadi vaye naava vopomunghulo. Ndele David okwa dalelwa ovana ovamati noukadona. 14 Nomadina aavo ve mu dalelwa muJerusalem oyaa: Sammua naSobab naNatan naSalomo, 15 naJibhar naElishua naNefek naJafia, 16 naElisama naEljada naElifelet.
17 Ndelenee Ovafilisti eshi va uda nokutya, David a vaekwa a ninge ohamba yOvaisraeli, Ovafilisti aveshe va fikama va ka konge David, ndelenee David okwe shi uda nokwa ya kohotemhunda. 18 NOvafilisti ove uya ndele ve lihanena mefilu laRefaim. 19 Opo nee David a pula kOmwene ndele ta ti: “Nandi ka lwife tuu Ovafilisti? Ove oto va yandje tuu meke lange?” Omwene okwe mu nyamukula: “Inda ko; Ame ohandi ke va yandja meke loye.” 20 Opo nee David a ya kuBaal-Perasim, ndele David okwe va taataa ndee ta ti: “Omwene okwa hanauna po ovatondadi vange moipafi yange ngaashi omeva taa panuka.” Onghee hano ye a ifana onhele oyo Baal-Perasim. 21 Ndele Ovafilisti ova fiya po oikalunga yavo, ndele David novanhu vaye ve i kufa po.
22 Ndelenee Ovafilisti ve uya natango ndele ve lihanena mefilu laRefaim. 23 Opo nee David ta pula kOmwene, ndele Omwene ta ti: “Ino ya oku va shakeneka. Va dilila konima yavo, u va dje kombinga yomiti domitaku. 24 Ndele ove ngeenge to udu oikukulo yeemhadi membolongodjo lomiti domitaku, tota hano, osheshi Omwene te ku tetekele komesho a ka denge omatanga Ovafilisti.” 25 Ndele David osho a ninga ngaashi Omwene e mu lombwela, nokwa taataa Ovafilisti okudja muGeba fiyo opopepi naGeser.
