David Anointed King of All Israel
(1 Chronicles 11:1–3)

1Then came all the tribes of Israel to Dauid vnto Hebron, and sayde thus: Beholde, we are thy bone, and thy fleshe. 2And in time past whe Saul was our king, thou leddest Israel in and out: and the Lord hath sayd to thee, thou shalt feede my people Israel, & thou shalt be a captayne ouer Israel. 3And so all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and king Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebron before the Lorde: and they annointed Dauid king ouer Israel. 4Dauid was thirtie yeres olde when he began to raigne, and he raigned fourtie yeres. 5In Hebron he raigned ouer Iuda seuen yeres and sixe monethes: and in Hierusalem he raigned thirtie and three yeres ouer all Israel and Iuda.

David Conquers Jerusalem
(1 Chronicles 11:4–9)

6The king also and his men went to Hierusalem vnto the Iebusites the inhabitauntes of the lande, whiche spake vnto Dauid, saying: Except thou take away the blinde and the lame, thou shalt not come in hyther: For they said, Thou art not able to come in hyther. 7Neuerthelesse, Dauid toke the strong hold of Sion: the same is the citie of Dauid. 8And Dauid sayde the same day: Whosoeuer smyteth the Iebusites, and getteth vp to the gutters of the houses, and smyteth the lame and the blinde, hated of Dauid soule, I will preferre him. Wherfore they said: The blinde and the lame shal not come into that house. 9And so Dauid dwelt in the towre, and called it the citie of Dauid, and buylt round about it, from Millo & inward. 10And Dauid prospered and grewe, and ye Lord God of hoastes was with him.

11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to Dauid, and Cedar trees, & carpenters, and masons for walles: and they buylt Dauid an house.

David’s Family Grows
(1 Chronicles 14:1–7)

12And Dauid perceaued that the Lord had stablished him king ouer Israel, & that he had exalted his kingdome for his people Israels sake.

13And Dauid toke him mo concubines and wyues out of Hierusalem, after he was come from Hebron, and mo sonnes & daughters were yet borne to Dauid. 14And these be the names of the sonnes that were borne vnto him in Hierusalem: Samua, Sobab, Nathan, & Solomon, 15Ibhar also and Elisua, Nepheg, and Iaphia, 16Elisama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

Two Victories over the Philistines
(1 Chronicles 14:8–17)

17But when the Philistines hearde that they had annoynted Dauid king ouer Israel, they came all vp to seke Dauid: And assoone as Dauid hearde of it, he gat him to an holde. 18And when the Philistines came, they spread them selues in the valley of Raphaim. 19And Dauid asked counsel of the Lord, saying: Shall I go vp to the Philistines? Wilt thou deliuer them into my handes? And the Lorde aunswered vnto Dauid: Go vp, for I will doubtlesse deliuer the Philistines into thy handes. 20And Dauid came to Baal Perazim, and smote them there, and sayde: The Lorde hath deuided myne enemies asunder before me, as waters be deuided asunder: And therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim. 21And there they left their images, and Dauid and his men burnt them.

22And the Philistines came yet againe, and layde them selues in the valley of Rephaim. 23And when Dauid asked counsel of the Lorde, he aunswered, Thou shalt not go vp: but compasse them on the backsyde, and come vpon them ouer against the Mulbery trees. 24And when thou hearest the noyse of a thing goyng in the toppe of the Mulbery trees, then remoue: for then shall the Lorde go out before thee, to smyte the hoast of the Philistines. 25And Dauid did as the Lorde had commaunded him: and smote the Philistines from Geba, vntill thou come to Gazer.