ዳዊት በእስራኤል ላይ ነገሠ
11፥1-3 ተጓ ምብ – 2ሳሙ 5፥1-3
1እስራኤል ሁሉ በኬብሮን ወደ ዳዊት መጥተው እንዲህ አሉት፤ “እነሆ፤ እኛ የገዛ ሥጋህና ደምህ ነን፤ 2በቀደመው ዘመን ሳኦል ንጉሥ ሆኖ ሳለ እስራኤልን ወደ ጦርነት የምትመራ አንተ ነበርህ፤ እግዚአብሔር አምላክህም፣ ‘ሕዝቤን እስራኤልን የምትጠብቅ አንተ ነህ፤ ንጉሣቸውም ትሆናለህ’ ብሎሃል”።
3የእስራኤል ሽማግሌዎች ሁሉ ንጉሥ ዳዊት ወዳለበት ወደ ኬብሮን መጡ፤ ዳዊትም በኬብሮን በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ከእነርሱ ጋር ቃል ኪዳን ገባ። እግዚአብሔር በሳሙኤል አማካይነት በሰጠው ተስፋ መሠረት ዳዊትን ቀብተው በእስራኤል ላይ አነገሡት።
ዳዊት ኢየሩሳሌምን ድል አደረገ
11፥4-9 ተጓ ምብ – 2ሳሙ 5፥6-10
4ዳዊትና እስራኤላውያን ሁሉ ኢያቡስ ወደምትባለው ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሄዱ። በዚያም የሚኖሩ ኢያቡሳውያን 5ዳዊትን፣ “ወደዚህ ፈጽሞ አትገባም” አሉት፤ ዳዊት ግን የጽዮንን ምሽግ ያዘ፤ እርሷም የዳዊት ከተማ ናት።
6ዳዊትም፣ “ኢያቡሳውያንን ቀድሞ የሚወጋ ሰው የሰራዊቱ አዛዥ ይሆናል” አለ፤ ስለዚህ የጽሩያ ልጅ ኢዮአብ በመጀመሪያ ወጣ፤ እርሱም አዛዥ ለመሆን በቃ።
7ከዚያም ዳዊት መኖሪያውን በዐምባዪቱ ውስጥ አደረገ፤ ከዚህም የተነሣ የዳዊት ከተማ ተባለች። 8ዳዊትም ከሚሎ ጀምሮ የከተማዪቱን ዙሪያ ቅጥር ሠራ፤ ኢዮአብ ደግሞ የቀረውን የከተማዪቱን ክፍል መልሶ ሠራ። 9እግዚአብሔር ጸባኦት ከእርሱ ጋር ስለ ነበር፣ ዳዊት በየጊዜው እየበረታ ሄደ።
የዳዊት ኀያላን ሰዎች
11፥10-41 ተጓ ምብ – 2ሳሙ 23፥8-39
10የዳዊት ኀያላን ሰዎች አለቆች እነዚህ ናቸው፤ እነርሱም እግዚአብሔር በሰጠው ተስፋ መሠረት መንግሥቱ በምድሪቱ ሁሉ ትሰፋ ዘንድ ከሌሎቹ እስራኤላውያን ጋር ሆነው ለመንግሥቱ ብርቱ ድጋፍ ሰጡ። 11የዳዊት ኀያላን ሰዎች ስም ዝርዝር ይህ ነው፤
ሐክሞናዊው ያሾብዓም የጦር መኮንኖቹ አለቃ11፥11 ሠላሳ ወይም እንደ አንዳንድ የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ትርጕሞች፣ ሦስት (እንዲሁም 2ሳሙ 23፥8 ይመ) ይላሉ ነበረ፤ እርሱም ጦሩን አንሥቶ በአንድ ጊዜ ሦስት መቶ ሰው ገደለ።
12ከእርሱም ቀጥሎ ከሦስቱ ኀያላን አንዱ የሆነው የአሆሃዊው የዱዲ ልጅ አልዓዛር ነው፤ 13እርሱም ፍልስጥኤማውያን ለጦርነት በተሰበሰቡ ጊዜ በፈስደሚም ከዳዊት ጋር አብሮ ነበረ፤ ገብስ በሞላበት የዕርሻ ቦታ ወታደሮቹ ከፍልስጥኤማውያን ፊት ሸሹ፤ 14ይሁን እንጂ በዕርሻው መካከል ቦታ ይዘው ስለ ነበረ ፍልስጥኤማውያንን ገደሉ፤ እግዚአብሔርም ታላቅ ድል ሰጣቸው።
15ከፍልስጥኤማውያን ሰራዊት ጥቂቱ በራፋይም ሸለቆ ሰፍሮ ሳለ፣ ከሠላሳዎቹ አለቆች ሦስቱ ዳዊትን ለመገናኘት በዓዶላም ዋሻ አጠገብ ወደሚገኘው ወደ ዐለቱ ወረዱ። 16በዚያን ጊዜ ዳዊት በምሽጉ ውስጥ ነበረ፤ የፍልስጥኤማውያን ሰራዊት ደግሞ በቤተ ልሔም ነበረ። 17ዳዊትም ውሃ ፈልጎ ነበርና፣ “ከቤተ ልሔም በር አቅራቢያ ከሚገኘው ጕድጓድ የምጠጣው ውሃ ማን ባመጣልኝ!” አለ። 18በዚህ ጊዜ ሦስቱ የፍልስጥኤማውያንን ሰራዊት ጥሰው በማለፍ በቤተ ልሔም በር አጠገብ ከሚገኘው ጕድጓድ ውሃ ቀድተው ለዳዊት አመጡለት፤ እርሱ ግን ሊጠጣው ስላልፈለገ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት አፈሰሰው። 19ከዚያም፣ “ይህን ከማድረግ እግዚአብሔር ይጠብቀኝ፤ ይህ በሕይወታቸው ቈርጠው የሄዱትን የእነዚህን ሰዎች ደም እንደ መጠጣት አይደለምን?” አለ። ይህን ለማምጣት በሕይወታቸው ቈርጠው ስለ ነበር፣ ዳዊት ሊጠጣው አልፈለገም።
ሦስቱ ኀያላን ሰዎች የሠሩት ይህን ነበር።
20የኢዮአብ ወንድም አቢሳ የሦስቱ አለቃ ነበረ። እርሱም ጦሩን አንሥቶ ሦስት መቶ ሰዎች ገደለ፤ ከዚህም የተነሣ እንደ ሦስቱ ሁሉ ዝነኛ ሆነ። 21ከሦስቱ አንዱ ሆኖ ባይቈጠርም እንኳ፣ ዕጥፍ ክብር አገኘ፤ አዛዣቸውም ሆነ።
22ከቀብስኤል የመጣውና ታላቅ ጀብዱ የሠራው የዮዳሄ ልጅ በናያስ ብርቱ ተዋጊ ነበረ። እርሱም እጅግ የታወቁ ሁለት የሞአብ ሰዎችን ገደለ። እንዲያውም አንድ ጊዜ በረዶ ምድርን በሸፈነበት ቀን ወደ አንድ ጕድጓድ ወርዶ አንበሳ ገደለ። 23ደግሞም ቁመቱ አምስት ክንድ11፥23 2.3 ሜትር ያህል ነው። የሆነ አንድ ግብፃዊ ገደለ፤ ግብፃዊው የሸማኔ መጠቅለያ የመሰለ ጦር በእጁ ቢይዝም፣ በናያስ ግን ቈመጥ ይዞ ገጠመው፤ ከግብፃዊው እጅ ጦሩን ነጥቆ በገዛ ጦሩ ገደለው። 24የዮዳሄ ልጅ በናያስ የፈጸመው ጀብዱ ይህ ነበር፤ እርሱም እንደ ሦስቱ ኀያላን ዝነኛ ሆነ። 25ከሠላሳዎቹም ይልቅ የበለጠ ክብር ተጐናጸፈ፤ ይሁን እንጂ ከሦስቱ አንዱ አልነበረም፤ ዳዊትም የክብር ዘቡ አዣዥ አደረገው።
26ኀያላኑም እነዚህ ነበሩ፤
የኢዮአብ ወንድም አሣሄል፣
የቤተ ልሔሙ የዱዲ ልጅ ኤልያናን፣
27ሃሮራዊው ሳሞት፣
ፊሎናዊው ሴሌድ፣
28የቴቍሔ ሰው የሆነው የዒስካ ልጅ፣
ዒራስ፣ የዓናቶቱ ሰው አቢዔዜር፣
29ኩሳታዊው ሴቤካይ፣
አሆሃዊው ዔላይ፣
30ነጦፋዊው ማህራይ፣
የነጦፋዊው የበዓና ልጅ ሔሌድ፣
31ከብንያም ወገን የጊብዓ ሰው የሆነው የሪባይ ልጅ ኤታይ፣
ጲርዓቶናዊው በናያስ፣
32የገዓስ ሸለቆዎች ሰው የሆነው ኡሪ፣
ዐረባዊው አቢኤል፣
33ባሕሩማዊው ዓዝሞት፣
ሰዓልቦናዊው ኤሊያሕባ፣
34የጊዞናዊው የአሳን ልጆች፣
የሃራራዊው የሻጌ ልጅ ዮናታን፣
35የሃራራዊው የሳኮር ልጅ አሒአም፣
የኡር ልጅ ኤሊፋል፣
36ምኬራታዊው ኦፌር፣
ፍሎናዊው አኪያ፣
37ቀርሜሎሳዊው ሐጽሮ፣
የኤዝባይ ልጅ ነዕራይ፤
38የናታን ወንድም ኢዮኤል፣
የሃግሪ ልጅ ሚብሐር፣
39አሞናዊው ጼሌቅ፣
የጽሩያ ልጅ የኢዮአብ ጋሻ ጃግሬ ቤሮታዊው ነሃራይ፣
40ይትራዊው ዒራስ፣
ይትራዊው ጋሬብ፣
41ኬጢያዊው ኦርዮ፣
የአሕላይ ልጅ ዛባድ፣
42የሮቤላዊው የሺዛ ልጅ ዓዲና፤ እርሱም የሮቤላውያንና አብረውት ለነበሩት የሠላሳ ሰዎች አለቃ ነበረ።
43የማዕካ ልጅ ሐናን፣
ሚትናዊው ኢዮሣፍጥ፣
44አስታሮታዊው ዖዝያ፣
የአሮዔራዊው የኮታም ልጆች ሻማና ይዒኤል፣
45የሺምሪ ልጅ ይዲኤል፣
ወንድሙም ቴዳዊው ዮሐ፣
46መሐዋዊው ኤሊኤል፣
የኤልነዓም ልጆች ይሪባይና ዮሻውያ፣
ሞዓባዊው ይትማ፣
47ኤሊኤል፣ ዖቤድና ምጾባዊው የዕሢኤል።
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.
