2:1 此后,大卫问耶和华说,我可以上犹大的一座城去么?耶和华说,你上去罢。大卫说,我上那里去呢?耶和华说,上希伯仑去。
And after this David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah? And Jehovah said to him, Go up. And David said, Where shall I go up? And He said, To Hebron.
2:2 于是大卫和他的两个妻子,一个是耶斯列人亚希暖,一个是作过迦密人拿八妻子的亚比该,都上那里去了。
So David went up there, as well as his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
2:3 大卫也将跟随他的人,和他们各人的眷属,一同带上去,住在希伯仑的城邑中。
And David brought up his men who were with him, each man with his household; and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
2:4 犹大人来到希伯仑,在那里膏大卫作犹大家的王。有人告诉大卫说,葬埋扫罗的是基列雅比人。
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, It is the men of Jabesh-gilead who have buried Saul.
2:5 大卫就打发使者去见基列雅比人,对他们说,愿耶和华赐福与你们!因为你们以这样的恩慈待你们的主人扫罗,将他葬埋。
And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, Blessed are you of Jehovah, because you have shown this kindness to your master, to Saul, and buried him.
2:6 你们既行了这事,愿耶和华以慈爱诚实待你们,我也要为此厚待你们。
And now may Jehovah show kindness and faithfulness to you; and I also will repay you for this good, because you have done this thing.
2:7 现在你们的手要刚强,你们要作奋勇的人,因为你们的主人扫罗死了,犹大家也已经膏我作他们的王。
And now may your hands be strong, and you be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.
2:8 扫罗军队的元帅尼珥的儿子押尼珥,曾将扫罗的儿子伊施波设带过河,到玛哈念,
But Abner the son of Ner, the captain of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
2:9 立他作王,治理基列、亚书利人的地、耶斯列、以法莲、便雅悯、和全以色列。
And he made him king over Gilead and over the Ashurites and over Jezreel and over Ephraim and over Benjamin and over all Israel.
2:10 扫罗的儿子伊施波设登基的时候年四十岁,作以色列王二年;惟独犹大家归从大卫。
Ish-bosheth the son of Saul was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. However the house of Judah followed David.
2:11 大卫在希伯仑作犹大家的王,共七年零六个月。
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
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