1 Chronicles 11:1–9

¹And gathered are all Israel unto David to Hebron, saying, ‘Lo, thy bone and thy flesh are we; ²even in time past, even in Saul’s being king, it is thou who art taking out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah thy God saith to thee: Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art leader over My people Israel.’ ³And all the elders of Israel come in unto the king to Hebron, and David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by the hand of Samuel. ⁴And David goeth, and all Israel, to Jerusalem—it is Jebus—and there the Jebusite, the inhabitants of the land. ⁵And the inhabitants of Jebus say to David, ‘Thou dost not come in hither;’ and David captureth the fortress of Zion—it is the city of David. ⁶And David saith, ‘Whoever smiteth the Jebusite first doth become head and prince;’ and go up first doth Joab son of Zeruiah and becometh head. ⁷And David dwelleth in the fortress, therefore they have called it, ‘City of David;’ ⁸and he buildeth the city round about, from Millo, and unto the circumference, and Joab restoreth the rest of the city. ⁹And David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah of Hosts is with him.