4. David was thirty years old when he became king, and he ruled for forty years.
5. He lived in Hebron for the first seven and a half years and ruled only Judah. Then he moved to Jerusalem, where he ruled both Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.
6. The Jebusites lived in Jerusalem, and David led his army there to attack them. The Jebusites did not think he could get in, so they told him, “You can't get in here! We could drive you away, even if we couldn't see or walk!”
10. David became a great and strong ruler, because the Lord All-Powerful was on his side.
11. King Hiram of Tyre sent some officials to David. Carpenters and stone workers came with them, and they brought cedar logs so they could build David a palace.
12. David knew that the Lord had made him king of Israel and that he had made him a powerful ruler for the good of his people.
13. After David left Hebron and moved to Jerusalem, he married many women from Jerusalem, and he had a lot of children.
14. His sons who were born there were Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
15. Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
16. Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
17. The Philistines heard that David was now king of Israel, and they came into the hill country to try and capture him. But David found out and went into his fortress.
18. So the Philistines camped in Rephaim Valley.