11All Israel^l came together to David at Hebron^m and said, “We are your own flesh and blood. ²In the past, even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns.ⁿ And the Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd^o my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.^p’ ”

³When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed^q David king over Israel, as the Lord had promised through Samuel.

David Conquers Jerusalem

11:4–9pp—2Sa 5:6–10

⁴David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). The Jebusites^r who lived there ⁵said to David, “You will not get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion—which is the City of David.

⁶David had said, “Whoever leads the attack on the Jebusites will become commander-in-chief.” Joab^s son of Zeruiah went up first, and so he received the command.

⁷David then took up residence in the fortress, and so it was called the City of David. ⁸He built up the city around it, from the terraces^a^t to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city. ⁹And David became more and more powerful,^u because the Lord Almighty was with him.

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Footnotes

aOr the Millo

Cross references

lSee 1 Ch 9:1
mSee Ge 13:18; See 23:19
nSee 1 Sa 18:5, 16
o Ps 78:71; Mt 2:6
pSee 1 Ch 5:2
q 1 Sa 16:1–13
rSee Ge 10:16; See 15:18–21; See Jos 3:10; See 15:8
sSee 2 Sa 2:13
tSee 2 Sa 5:9; 2 Ch 32:5
u Est 9:4