1. Then all of Israel was gathered to David at Hebron, saying: "We are your bone and your flesh.
2. Also, yesterday and the day before, when Saul still reigned, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel. For the Lord your God said to you: 'You shall pasture my people Israel, and you shall be the leader over them.' "
3. Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel went to the king at Hebron. And David formed a pact with them before the Lord. And they anointed him king over Israel, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Samuel.
4. Then David and all of Israel went to Jerusalem. The same is Jebus, where the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were.
5. And those who were living in Jebus said to David: "You shall not enter here." But David seized the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.
6. And he said, "Whoever shall strike the Jebusites first, shall be ruler and commander." And so Joab, the son of Zeruiah, ascended first, and he was made the leader.
7. Then David lived in the stronghold, and for this reason it was called the City of David.
8. And he built up the city all around, from Millo even to every side. But Joab built the rest of the city.
9. And David continued advancing and increasing, and the Lord of hosts was with him.
10. These are the leaders of the strong men of David, who assisted him, so that he would become king over all of Israel, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Israel.
11. And this is the number of the robust of David: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, leader among the thirty. He lifted up his spear over three hundred, who were wounded at one time.
12. And after him, there was Eleazar, the son of his uncle, an Ahohite, who was among the three powerful ones.