1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.11.2 in time…: Heb. both yesterday and the third day11.2 feed: or, rule 3Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.11.3 by: Heb. by the hand of
4¶ And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. 5And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David. 6And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.11.6 chief: Heb. head 7And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.11.7 it: that is, Zion 8And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.11.8 repaired: Heb. revived 9So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.11.9 waxed…: Heb. went in going and increasing
10¶ These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.11.10 strengthened…: or, held strongly with him 11And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.11.11 an Hachmonite: or, son of Hachmoni 12And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. 13He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.11.13 Pas-dammim: also called, Ephes-dammim 14And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.11.14 set…: or, stood11.14 deliverance: or, salvation
15¶ Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.11.15 three…: or, three captains over the thirty 16And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth-lehem. 17And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate! 18And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD, 19And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.11.19 that have…: Heb. with their lives?
20¶ And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three. 21Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. 22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.11.22 who had…: Heb. great of deeds 23And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.11.23 great…: Heb. measure 24These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties. 25Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
26¶ Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,11.27 Shammoth: or, Shammah11.27 Harorite: or, Harodite11.27 Pelonite: or, Paltite 28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite, 29Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,11.29 Sibbecai: or, Mebunnai11.29 Ilai: or, Zalmon 30Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,11.30 Heled: or, Heleb 31Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 32Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,11.32 Hurai: or, Hiddai11.32 Abiel: or, Abi-albon 33Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 34The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,11.34 Hashem: or, Jashen 35Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,11.35 Sacar: or, Sharar11.35 Eliphal: or, Eliphelet11.35 Ur: or, Ahasbai 36Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 37Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,11.37 Hezro: or Hezrai11.37 Naarai: or Paarai the Arbite 38Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,11.38 the son…: or, the Haggerite 39Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 40Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 42Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, 43Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, 44Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, 45Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,11.45 son…: or, Shimrite 46Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 47Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
David bliver konge over Israel
2.Sam. 5,1-3
1Alle Israels ledere kom nu til David i Hebron. „Vi tilhører jo et og samme folk,” sagde de. 2„Og du har altid været vores leder i krig—selv da Saul var konge! Det er Herren selv, der har sagt, at du skal være hyrde og leder for hele hans folk.” 3Derpå sluttede alle Israels ledere en venskabspagt med David for Herrens ansigt, og de salvede ham til konge over Israel, sådan som Herren gennem profeten Samuel havde sagt, at det ville ske.
David indtager Jerusalem
2.Sam. 5,6-10
4Derefter drog David sammen med sine folk til Jerusalem, som dengang hed Jebus. Men jebusitterne, som boede der, 5sagde til David: „Her kommer du aldrig ind!” Ikke desto mindre indtog David klippeborgen Zion, som derefter blev kaldt Davidsbyen.
6David havde lovet, at den, der først slog en jebusit ihjel, ville blive hans hærfører. Da Joab, hvis mor hed Zeruja, var den første, som nåede ind i byen og slog en af fjenderne ihjel, blev han anfører for Davids hær.
7David flyttede nu sin residens til klippeborgen, som derfor blev kaldt Davidsbyen. 8Han udbyggede byen og befæstede bymuren hele vejen rundt fra forsvarstårnet. Resten af byens genopbygning tog Joab sig af. 9I de følgende år styrkede David sit kongedømme, for Herren, den Almægtige, var med ham.
Davids krigshelte
2.Sam. 23,8-39
10Her skal nævnes nogle af de dygtigste og tapreste af Davids krigere, der sammen med resten af Israels ledere støttede ham, så han blev valgt til konge og fik magten over riget, sådan som Herren havde lovet.
11Jashobeam, søn af Hakmoni, var den mest berømte af de tre store helte. Med sit spyd dræbte han engang 300 modstandere i ét slag.
12Den næste af de tre store var Elazar, en søn af ahohitten Dodo. 13Han kæmpede sammen med David i slaget mod filistrene ved Pas-Dammim. Kampen foregik midt i en bygmark, og den israelitiske hær flygtede. 14Men Elazar og hans mænd holdt stand og huggede filistrene ned. Den dag gav Herren israelitterne en stor sejr.
15Foruden de tre store helte var der en større gruppe tapre krigere, som blev kaldt „De Tredive”. Engang da David opholdt sig ved Adullams klippehule, og filistrenes hær havde slået lejr i Refaimdalen, drog tre af „De Tredive” tapre krigere ned til David. 16Han opholdt sig som sagt i klippeborgen, mens en af filistrenes garnisoner havde besat Betlehem, som lå i nærheden. 17David var tørstig og sagde henkastet: „Det kunne være skønt med et krus vand fra brønden ved byporten hjemme i Betlehem!” 18Da sneg de tre mænd sig gennem filistrenes lejr, øste vand fra brønden ved byporten og bragte det til David. Men han kunne ikke få sig selv til at drikke det. I stedet hældte han det ud på jorden som et offer til Herren. 19„Gud forbyde, at jeg skulle drikke det!” udbrød han. „Det ville jo være som at drikke de tre mænds blod, der satte livet på spil for at hente det!” Derfor drak han det ikke. Det er blot ét eksempel på de tre heltes vovemod.
20-21Abishaj, Joabs bror, var anfører for „De Tredive”. Engang dræbte han 300 fjendtlige soldater med sit spyd! Det var på grund af sådanne heltegerninger, at „De Tredive” så op til ham som deres anfører, men han kom ikke på højde med de tre store helte.
22Benaja, Jojadas søn fra Kabtze’el, var en anden heltemodig kriger. Det var ham, der dræbte Ariels to sønner, kæmperne fra Moab. Det var også ham, der kravlede ned i en cisterne og dræbte en løve en dag, hvor det sneede. 23Ved en anden lejlighed gik han løs på en egyptisk kæmpe, der var næsten to og en halv meter høj og havde et enormt spyd. Benaja slog spyddet ud af hånden på ham med sin stok og dræbte ham med det. 24Det var den slags heltegerninger, som gjorde Benaja lige så berømt som de tre store helte, 25selv om han ikke regnedes med blandt dem. Men „De Tredive” så op til ham, og David udnævnte ham til chef for sin livvagt.
26-47Her følger en liste over Davids heltemodige krigere: Asael, Joabs bror; Elhanan, Dodos søn fra Betlehem; Shammot fra Harod; Heletz fra Pelon; Ira, Ikkesh’ søn fra Tekoa; Abiezer fra Anatot; Sibbekaj fra Husha; Ilaj fra Ahoa; Maharaj fra Netofa; Heled, Ba’anas søn fra Netofa; Ittaj, Ribajs søn fra Gibea i Benjamins land; Benaja fra Piraton; Huraj fra Ga’ashkløften; Abiel fra Arba; Azmavet fra Baharum; Eljahba fra Sha’albon; Jashens sønner fra Gizon; Jonatan, Shages søn fra Harar; Ahiam, Sakars søn fra Harar; Elifal, Urs søn; Hefer fra Mekera; Ahija fra Pelon; Hetzro fra Karmel; Na’araj, Ezbajs søn; Joel, Natans bror; Mibhar, Hagris søn; Zelek fra Ammon; Nahraj, Joabs våbendrager, fra Be’erot; Ira fra Jattir; Gareb fra Jattir; hittitten Urias; Zabad, Ahlajs søn; Adina, Shizas søn—en leder fra Rubens stamme med 30 krigere under sig; Hanan, Ma’akas søn; Joshafat fra Mitan; Uzzija fra Ashtarot; Shama og Jeuel, Hotams sønner fra Aroer; Jediael, Shimris søn; Joha, hans bror fra Titz; Eliel fra Mahava; Jeribaj og Joshavja, Elna’ams sønner; Jitma fra Moab; og endelig Eliel, Obed og Ja’asiel fra Zoba.
