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2 Samuelsboken 5
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5 Nu kom alla Israels stammar till David i Hebron och sa: ”Vi är ditt eget kött och blod! 2 Redan när Saul var kung var det du som anförde Israel i strid. Herren sa till dig: ’Du ska vara herde för mitt folk Israel, du ska vara furste över Israel!’ ”

3 Alla de äldste i Israel kom alltså nu till kung David i Hebron. David slöt ett förbund med dem inför Herren där i Hebron och de smorde honom till kung över Israel. 4 David var trettio år när han blev kung och han regerade i fyrtio år. 5 Först regerade han över Juda i Hebron i sju och ett halvt år och sedan regerade han i Jerusalem över både Israel och Juda under trettiotre år.

Davids rike upprättas evigt

(5:6—10:19)

David intar Jerusalem

(1 Krön 11:4-9; 14:1-2)

6 David ledde nu sina trupper mot Jerusalem för att strida mot jevuséerna som bodde där. ”Här kommer du inte in!” sa jevuséerna till honom. ”Till och med blinda och lama kan driva bort dig härifrån!” De menade att David inte kunde komma in där.

7 David intog då Sions borg, Davids stad. 8 David sa då: ”Den som vill slå jevuséerna ska genom vattentunneln nå fram till dessa blinda och lama som David hatar.[a]” Detta är ursprunget till talesättet: ” ’Blinda och lama’ får inte komma in i huset.”

9 David bosatte sig i borgen och han kallade den Davids stad. Han byggde upp staden med utgångspunkt från Millo[b] och sedan vidare inåt. 10 David blev allt mäktigare, för Herren härskarornas Gud var med honom.

11 Kung Hiram i Tyros skickade budbärare till David med stockar av cederträ och med snickare och murare för att bygga Davids palats. 12 Nu förstod David att Herren hade befäst hans kungadöme och upphöjt det för hans folk Israels skull.

13 Efter det att David flyttat från Hebron till Jerusalem, tog han sig fler hustrur och bihustrur och fick många söner och döttrar. 14 Dessa söner föddes åt honom i Jerusalem: Shammua, Shovav, Natan, Salomo, 15 Jivchar, Elishua, Nefeg, Jafia, 16 Elishama, Eljada och Elifelet.

David besegrar filistéerna

(1 Krön 14:8-17)

17 Filistéerna fick höra att David var smord till kung över Israel och de gav sig ut efter honom.[c] Men David fick höra om det och gick ner till borgen. 18 Filistéerna for fram och spred ut sig i Refaimdalen.

19 Då frågade David Herren: ”Ska jag dra ut mot filistéerna? Kommer du att överlämna dem åt mig?”

Herren svarade: ”Ja, gå! Jag ska överlämna dem åt dig!”

20 David gick då till Baal-Perasim och slog filistéerna där. ”Herren har brutit ner mina fiender genom min hand liksom vatten som bryter fram”, sa han. Det är därför platsen kallas Baal-Perasim[d]. 21 David och hans trupper lade också beslag på många avgudar som hade lämnats kvar av filistéerna.[e]

22 Men filistéerna steg upp och spred sig i Refaimdalen. 23 När David frågade Herren, svarade han: ”Du ska inte gå efter dem utan ta en omväg runt bakaträden! 24 Gå till attack när du hör ljudet som av en här på marsch i trädtopparna! Då har Herren gått före dig för att slå filistéernas armé.”

25 David gjorde som Herren hade befallt honom och han slog ner filistéer från Givon ända till Geser.

Footnotes

  1. 5:8 David lånar jevuséernas egna ord i v. 6 och kallar dem ironiskt för blinda och lama, människor som inte kunde försvara sig.
  2. 5:9 Namnet kan också översättas utfyllnad.
  3. 5:17 Detta hände antagligen innan David intagit Jerusalem.
  4. 5:20 Betyder ungefär Herren som bryter igenom.
  5. 5:21 Man brände avgudarna. Se 1 Krön 14:12.
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2 Samuel 5
New English Translation

David Is Anointed King Over Israel

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

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

David Occupies Jerusalem

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

7 But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David). 8 David said on that day, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the ‘lame’ and the ‘blind’ who are David’s enemies[g] by going through the water tunnel.”[h] For this reason it is said, “The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace.”[i]

9 So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards. 10 David’s power grew steadily, for the Lord God[j] of Heaven’s Armies[k] was with him.[l]

11 King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace[m] for David. 12 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel. 13 David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David. 14 These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

Conflict with the Philistines

17 When the Philistines heard that David had been designated[n] king over Israel, they all[o] went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress. 18 Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. 19 So David asked the Lord, “Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord said to David, “March up, for I will indeed[p] hand the Philistines over to you.”

20 So David marched against Baal Perazim and defeated them there. Then he said, “The Lord has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out.” So he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.[q] 21 The Philistines[r] abandoned their idols[s] there, and David and his men picked them up.

22 The Philistines again came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. 23 So David asked the Lord what he should do.[t] This time[u] the Lord[v] said to him, “Don’t march straight up. Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees.[w] 24 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, act decisively. For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army[x] of the Philistines.” 25 David did just as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from Gibeon all the way to Gezer.[y]

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 5:1 tn Heb “look we are your bone and your flesh.”
  2. 2 Samuel 5:2 tn Heb “you were the one leading out and the one leading in Israel.”
  3. 2 Samuel 5:3 tn Heb “elders.”
  4. 2 Samuel 5:3 tn Heb “and the king, David, cut for them a covenant.”
  5. 2 Samuel 5:3 tn Heb “anointed.”
  6. 2 Samuel 5:6 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.
  7. 2 Samuel 5:8 tc There is some confusion among the witnesses concerning this word. The Kethib is the Qal perfect third common plural שָׂנְאוּ (saneʾu, “they hated”), referring to the Jebusites’ attitude toward David. The Qere is the Qal passive participle construct plural שְׂנֻאֵי (senuʾe, “hated”), referring to David’s attitude toward the Jebusites. 4QSama has the Qal perfect third person feminine singular שָׂנְאָה (saneʾah, “hated”), the subject of which would be “the soul of David.” The difference is minor and the translation adopted above works for either the Kethib or the Qere.
  8. 2 Samuel 5:8 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term has been debated. For a survey of various views, see P. K. McCarter, II Samuel (AB), 139-40. sn If a water tunnel is in view here, it is probably the so-called Warren’s Shaft that extends up from Hezekiah’s tunnel. It would have provided a means for surprise attack against the occupants of the City of David. The LXX seems not to understand the reference here, translating “by the water shaft” as “with a small knife.”
  9. 2 Samuel 5:8 tn Heb “the house.” TEV takes this as a reference to the temple (“the Lord’s house”).
  10. 2 Samuel 5:10 tc 4QSama and the LXX lack the word “God,” probably due to harmonization with the more common biblical phrase “the Lord of hosts.”
  11. 2 Samuel 5:10 tn Traditionally, “the Lord God of hosts” (KJV, NASB); NIV, NLT “the Lord God Almighty”; CEV “the Lord (+ God NCV) All-Powerful.”
  12. 2 Samuel 5:10 tn The translation assumes that the disjunctive clause is circumstantial-causal, giving the reason for David’s success.
  13. 2 Samuel 5:11 tn Heb “a house.”
  14. 2 Samuel 5:17 tn Heb “anointed.”
  15. 2 Samuel 5:17 tn Heb “all the Philistines.”
  16. 2 Samuel 5:19 tn The infinitive absolute lends emphasis to the following verb.
  17. 2 Samuel 5:20 tn The name means “Lord of the outbursts.”
  18. 2 Samuel 5:21 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Philistines) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  19. 2 Samuel 5:21 tc For “idols” the LXX and Vulgate have “gods.”
  20. 2 Samuel 5:23 tn The words “what to do” are not in the Hebrew text.
  21. 2 Samuel 5:23 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.
  22. 2 Samuel 5:23 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  23. 2 Samuel 5:23 tn Some translate as “balsam trees” (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NJB, NLT); cf. KJV, NKJV, ASV “mulberry trees”; NAB “mastic trees”; NEB, REB “aspens.” The exact identification of the type of tree or plant is uncertain.
  24. 2 Samuel 5:24 tn Heb “camp” (so NAB).
  25. 2 Samuel 5:25 tn Heb “from Gibeon until you enter Gezer.”
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