8. That day David said to his men, “Does anybody here hate the Jebusites as much as I do? Enough to kill them? Then go up through the water tunnel and attack those poor blind cripples.” (That is why it is said, “The blind and the crippled cannot enter the Lord's house.”)
9. After capturing the fortress, David lived in it and named it “David's City”. He built the city round it, starting at the place where land was filled in on the east side of the hill.
10. He grew stronger all the time, because the Lord God Almighty was with him.
11. King Hiram of Tyre sent a trade mission to David; he provided him with cedar logs and with carpenters and stonemasons to build a palace.
12. And so David realized that the Lord had established him as king of Israel and was making his kingdom prosperous for the sake of his people.
13. After moving from Hebron to Jerusalem, David took more concubines and wives, and had more sons and daughters.
14. The following children were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
15. Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
16. Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
17. The Philistines were told that David had been made king of Israel, so their army set out to capture him. When David heard of it, he went down to a fortified place.
18. The Philistines arrived at the Valley of Rephaim and occupied it.
19. David asked the Lord, “Shall I attack the Philistines? Will you give me the victory?”“Yes, attack!” the Lord answered. “I will give you the victory!”
20. So David went to Baal Perazim and there he defeated the Philistines. He said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies like a flood.” And so that place is called Baal Perazim.