1. And gathered are all Israel unto David to Hebron, saying, `Lo, thy bone and thy flesh [are] we;
2. even in time past, even in Saul's being king, it is thou who art taking out and bringing in Israel, and Jehovah thy God saith to thee: Thou dost feed My people Israel, and thou art leader over My people Israel.'
3. And all the elders of Israel come in unto the king to Hebron, and David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by the hand of Samuel.
4. And David goeth, and all Israel, to Jerusalem--it [is] Jebus--and there the Jebusite, the inhabitants of the land.
5. And the inhabitants of Jebus say to David, `Thou dost not come in hither;' and David captureth the fortress of Zion--it [is] the city of David.
6. And David saith, `Whoever smiteth the Jebusite first doth become head and prince;' and go up first doth Joab son of Zeruiah and becometh head.
7. And David dwelleth in the fortress, therefore they have called it, `City of David;'
8. and he buildeth the city round about, from Millo, and unto the circumference, and Joab restoreth the rest of the city.
9. And David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah of Hosts [is] with him.