1. All the Israelites gathered around David at Hebron. "We’re your own flesh and blood," they said.
2. "In the past, even when Saul ruled over us, you were the one who led Israel. The Lord your God told you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become a leader over my people Israel.’"
3. So all of Israel’s elders came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before the Lord. They anointed David to make him king over Israel, just as the Lord had promised through Samuel.
4. Then David and all Israel marched to Jerusalem, that is, Jebus, where the Jebusites lived.
5. The people who lived in Jebus told David, "You’ll never get in here!"But David captured the mountain fortress of Zion, which became David’s City.
6. David had said, "The first one to kill a Jebusite will become commander in chief!" Joab, Zeruiah’s son, was the first to attack and so became commander in chief.
7. David occupied the fortress, so it was renamed David’s City.
8. He also built up the city on all sides, including its own foundations and the surrounding areas, while Joab restored the rest of the city.