1 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and told him, "We are your flesh and blood. 2 Previously when Saul was our king, you were the one who led the Israelite army into battle. The Lord told you, ‘You will be the shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be their ruler.’"
3 All the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made an agreement with them in the Lord’s presence. Then they anointed him king of Israel.
4 David was thirty when he became king, and he reigned for forty years. 5 He reigned over Judah seven years and six months from Hebron, and he reigned over all of Israel and Judah for thirty-three years from Jerusalem.
6 David the king and his men went to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites who were living there. The Jebusites told David: "You’ll never enter here. Even the blind and lame could stop you." They were convinced that David could not get in.
7 But David did capture the fortress of Zion, now known as the City of David.
9 David went and lived in the fortress, and named it The City of David. He extended it in all directions, starting from the outer supporting terraces and moving inwards.