3. When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord. They designated David as king over Israel.
4. David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years.
5. In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
6. Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites said to David, “You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, ‘David cannot invade this place!’”
7. But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the city of David).
8. David said on that day, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the ‘lame’ and the ‘blind’ who are David’s enemies by going through the water tunnel.” For this reason it is said, “The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace.”
9. So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.
10. David’s power grew steadily, for the Lord God who commands armies was with him.
11. King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace for David.
12. David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
13. David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.
14. These are the names of 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 David had been designated king over Israel, they all went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress.
18. Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
19. So David asked the Lord, “Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord said to David, “March up, for I will indeed hand the Philistines over to you.”