1 Chronicles 11:1-9

1All Israel gathered around David at Hebron. “We are your own flesh and blood,” they said.

2“Even in the past when Saul ruled, you were the one who led Israel on its campaigns to war. The Lord your God has said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, the leader of my people Israel.’ ”

3All the leaders of Israel had come to Hebron. David made an agreement with them at Hebron in front of the Lord. So they anointed David king of Israel, as the Lord had spoken through Samuel.

4David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). The Jebusites were living in that region.

5They told David, “You will never get in here.” But David captured the fortress Zion (that is, the City of David).

6Now, David said, “Whoever is the first to kill a Jebusite will be made a general and a prince.” Zeruiah’s son Joab was the first to go ⌞into Jerusalem⌟, so he became the general.

7David lived in the fortress, so it was called the City of David.

8He built the city ⌞of Jerusalem⌟ around it, starting from the Millo  and making a complete circuit. Joab rebuilt the rest of the city.

9David continued to grow more powerful because the Lord of Armies was with him.