3. All the elders of Israel came to King David at Hebron. He made an agreement with them before the Lord in Hebron. The leaders poured olive oil on David to appoint him king over Israel. The Lord had promised this would happen. He had made this promise through Samuel.
4. David and all the Israelites went to the city of Jerusalem. At that time Jerusalem was called Jebus. The people living there were named Jebusites.
5. They said to David, “You can’t get inside our city.” But David captured their strong city of Jerusalem, the City of David.
6. David had said, “The person who leads the attack against the Jebusites will become the commander over all my army.” Joab son of Zeruiah led the attack. So he became the commander of the army.
7. Then David made his home in the strong, walled city. That is why it was named the City of David.
8. David rebuilt the city. He started where the land was filled in and went to the wall that was around the city. Joab repaired the other parts of the city.
9. David became more and more powerful. And the Lord of heaven’s armies was with him.
10. This is a list of the leaders over David’s warriors. These warriors helped make David’s kingdom strong. All the people of Israel also supported David’s kingdom. These heroes and all the people of Israel made David king. This happened as the Lord had promised.
11. This is a list of David’s warriors:Jashobeam was from the Hacmonite people. He was the leader of the Three, David’s most powerful soldiers. He used his spear to fight 300 men at one time. And he killed them all.
12. Next was Eleazar. He was one of the Three. Eleazar was Dodai’s son. Dodai was from the Ahohite people.