1. Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh.
2. Yesterday also, and the day before when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: for the Lord thy God said to thee: Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt; be ruler over them.
3. So all the ancients of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before the Lord: and they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke in the hand of Samuel.
4. And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land.
5. And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David: Thou shalt not come in here. But David took the castle of Sion, which is the city of David.
6. And he said: Whosoever shall first strike the Jebusites, shall be the head and chief captain. And Joab the son of Sarvia went up first, and was made the general.
7. And David dwelt in the castle, and therefore it was called the city of David.
8. And he built the city round about from Mello all round, and Joab built the rest of the city.
9. And David went on growing and increasing, and the Lord of hosts was with him.
10. These are the chief of the valiant men of David, who helped him to be made king over all Israel, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Israel.
11. And this is the number of the heroes of David: Jesbaam the son of Hachamoni the chief among the thirty: he lifted up his spear against three hundred wounded by him at one time.