2 Samuel 5:1–10

¹And all the tribes of Israel come unto David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, ‘Lo, we are thy bone and thy flesh; ²also heretofore, in Saul’s being king over us, thou hast been he who is bringing out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah saith to thee, Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art for leader over Israel.’ ³And all the elders of Israel come unto the king, to Hebron, and king David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel. ⁴A son of thirty years is David in his being king; forty years he hath reigned; ⁵in Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years, over all Israel and Judah.

⁶And the king goeth, and his men, to Jerusalem, unto the Jebusite, the inhabitant of the land, and they speak to David, saying, ‘Thou dost not come in hither, except thou turn aside the blind and the lame;’ saying, ‘David doth not come in hither.’ ⁷And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it is the city of David. ⁸And David saith on that day, ‘Any one smiting the Jebusite, (let him go up by the watercourse), and the lame and the blind—the hated of David’s soul,’—because the blind and lame say, ‘He doth not come into the house.’ ⁹And David dwelleth in the fortress, and calleth it—City of David, and David buildeth round about, from Millo and inward, ¹⁰and David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah, God of Hosts, is with him.