1. Then all Israel assembled before David at Hebron, saying, “We are your own people, even your flesh and blood.
2. Also from times past until now, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel going out and coming in, and the Lord your God said to you, Indeed, you will shepherd My people Israel as the ruler of Israel.”
3. Then all the elders of Israel came to King David at Hebron, and he made a covenant with them there before the Lord. So they anointed David king over Israel according to the word of the Lord delivered by Samuel.
4. Now David and all Israel with him went to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus, since the Jebusites still dwelt there in the land).
5. And the Jebusites said to David, “You will not come here,” but he captured the stronghold of Zion (it is the City of David).
6. Now David had said, “Whoever strikes Jebus first will be the commander and leader of the army,” so Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first and became the commander.
7. Then David dwelt in the stronghold, which is why they called it the City of David,
8. and he fortified the city all around from the Millo encircling the stronghold, while Joab preserved the rest of the city.
9. So David kept on going, becoming greater and greater, and the Lord of Hosts was with him.
10. Now these are the heads of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened him in his kingdom, along with all Israel, to establish him as king according to the word of the Lord to Israel.