5 ⁶ The king and his men went to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, whose land it was. The Jebusites said to David, 'Never shall you come in here; not till you have disposed of the blind and the lame', meaning that David should never come in. 5 ⁷ None the less David did capture the stronghold of Zion, and it is now known as the City of David. 5 ⁸ David said on that day, 'Everyone who would kill a Jebusite, let him use his grappling-iron to reach the lame and the blind, David's bitter enemies.' That is why they say, 'No blind or lame man shall come into the LORD's house.'

5 ⁹ David took up his residence in the stronghold and called it the City of David. He built the city the city: prob. rdg, cp 1Chr. 11.8; Heb omitted round it, starting at the Millo and working inwards. 5 ¹⁰ So David steadily grew stronger, for the LORD the God of Hosts was with him.

5 ¹¹ vv11-25:.cp 1Chr. 14.1-16 Hiram king of Tyre sent an embassy to David; he sent cedar logs, and with them carpenters and stonemasons, who built David a house. 5 ¹² David knew by now that the LORD had confirmed him as king over Israel and had made his royal power stand higher for the sake of his people Israel.

5 ¹³ After he had moved from Hebron he took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem; and more sons and daughters were born to him. 5 ¹⁴ vv14-16: cp 1Chr. 3.5-8; 14.4-7 These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 5 ¹⁵ Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,