¹Then came all the tribes of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] to David [beloved] unto Hevron [Seat of Association] , and spoke, saying, Behold, we [are] youi bone and youi flesh.

²Also in time past, when Sha’ul [desired] was king over us, youi were he that led out and brought in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] : and the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said to youi , youi shall feed my people Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , and youi shall be a captain over Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

³So all the elders of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] came to the king to Hevron [Seat of Association] ; and king David [beloved] made a league with them in Hevron [Seat of Association] before the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) : and they anointed David [beloved] king over Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] .

⁴David [beloved] [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [and] he reigned forty years.

⁵In Hevron [Seat of Association] he reigned over Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] seven years and six months: and in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] he reigned thirty and three years over all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] and Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] .

⁶And the king and his men went to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] unto the Y’vusi [Threshers, Trampled Under Foot] , the inhabitants of the land: which spoke unto David [beloved] , saying, Except youi take away the blind and the lame, youi shall not come in here: thinking, David [beloved] cannot come in here.

⁷Nevertheless David [beloved] took the strong hold of Tziyon [parched place] : the same [is] the city of David [beloved] .

⁸And David [beloved] said on that day, Whosoever gets up to the gutter, and smites the Y’vusi [Threshers, Trampled Under Foot] , and the lame and the blind, [that are] hated of David’s [beloved] ’s soul, [he shall be chief and captain] . For what reason they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

⁹So David [beloved] dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David [beloved] . And David [beloved] built round about from Millo [fortification (defensive structure) or mound] and inward.

¹⁰And David [beloved] went on, and grew great, and the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies] [was] with him.

¹¹And Hiram [noble] king of Tzor (Tyre) [a rock] sent messengers to David [beloved] , and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David [beloved] an house.

¹²And David [beloved] perceived that the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) had established him king over Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Yisra’el’s [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] sake.

¹³And David [beloved] took [him] more concubines and wives out of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] , after he was come from Hevron [Seat of Association] : and there were yet sons and daughters born to David [beloved] .

¹⁴And these [be] the names of those that were born unto him in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] ; Shamua [Renowned] , and Shovav [rebellious] , and Natan [giver] , and Shlomo (Solomon) [peace] ,

¹⁵Yivchar [Yehovah chooses] also, and Elishua [my God is wealth] , and Nefeg [Weak, Slacked] , and Yafia [Shining] ,

¹⁶And Elishama [My God has Heard] , and El-yada [God knows] , and Elifelet [God is deliverance] .

¹⁷But when the P’lishtim [Immigrants] heard that they had anointed David [beloved] king over Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , all the P’lishtim [Immigrants] came up to seek David [beloved] ; and David [beloved] heard [of it] , and went down to the hold.

¹⁸The P’lishtim [Immigrants] also came and spread themselves in the valley of Refa’im [giants] .

¹⁹And David [beloved] enquired of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , saying, Shall I go up to the P’lishtim [Immigrants] ? will youi deliver them into my hand? And the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said unto David [beloved] , Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the P’lishtim [Immigrants] into youi hand.

²⁰And David [beloved] came to Ba’al-P’ratzim [lord of the breaks] , and David [beloved] struck them there, and said, The Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has broken forth upon my enemies before me, as the breach (breaking forth; a break; opening, inlet) of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Ba’al-P’ratzim [lord of the breaks] .

²¹And there they left their images, and David [beloved] and his men burned them.

²²And the P’lishtim [Immigrants] came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Refa’im [giants] .

²³And when David [beloved] enquired of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , he said, youi shall not go up; [but] fetch a compass (go around, encircle; encompass) behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

²⁴And let it be, when youi hear the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then youi shall bestir yourself: for then shall the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) go out before youi , to strike the host of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] .

²⁵And David [beloved] did so, as the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) had commanded him; and struck the P’lishtim [Immigrants] from Geva [hill] until youi come to Gezer [portion] .