2 Samuel 5:1-6

David Is Anointed King Over Israel

5:1 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood! ¹  5:2 In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. ²  The Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”

5:3 When all the leaders ³  of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them ⁴  in Hebron before the Lord. They designated ⁵  David as king over Israel. 5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years. 5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem ⁶  he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

David Occupies Jerusalem

5:6 Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem ⁷  against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites ⁸  said to David, “You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, ‘David cannot invade this place!’”

[5:1]  ¹ tn Heb “look we are your bone and your flesh.”

[5:2]  ² tn Heb “you were the one leading out and the one leading in Israel.”

[5:3]  ³ tn Heb “elders.”

[5:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the king, David, cut for them a covenant.”

[5:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “anointed.”

[5:5]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:6]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:6]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text has “he” rather than “the Jebusites.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. In the Syriac Peshitta and some mss of the Targum the verb is plural rather than singular.