3. So all of the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the Lord at Hebron. They anointed David king over Israel.
4. David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
5. He reigned over Judah from Hebron for seven years and six months, and he reigned over all of Israel and Judah from Jerusalem for thirty-three years.
6. The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, who were living in the land. They said to David, “You will not enter here; even the blind and the lame will turn you away”—thinking, “David cannot enter here.”
7. Nevertheless, David overthrew the stronghold of Zion, which is now the City of David.
8. David said on that day, “Whoever defeats the Jebusites, let him go through the water shaft to reach the lame and the blind, who are despised by David.” Therefore, it is said, “The blind and lame shall not come into the house.”
9. So David occupied the stronghold, and he called it the City of David. He built on all sides from the terraces inward.
10. David went on and became great, because the Lord, the God of Hosts, was with him.
11. King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar wood, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a house for David.
12. Then David understood that the Lord had appointed him king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
13. David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, after having come from Hebron, and they bore him more sons and daughters.
14. These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
15. Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
16. Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
17. When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all of the Philistines went up to search for David, but David heard about this and went down to the stronghold.