11 Then all of Yisrael (Israel) assembled around David at Hevron, saying, “Look, we’re your flesh and blood relatives. 2 In the recent past, even when Sha’ul (Saul) was king, you were the one who took Yisrael out and the one who brought us back in. Plus your god Yahweh told you, ‘You yourself will shepherd my people, Yisrael, and you yourself will become the leader of my Israeli people.’ ” 3 So all the Israeli elders went to the king at Hevron, and David made a solemn agreement with them at Hevron in front of Yahweh. Then they anointed David as king over Yisrael in accordance with Yahweh’s message that was given through the prophet Shmuel (Samuel).

4 Then David and all of Yisrael went to Yerushalem (Jerusalem) (Yerushalem, which was also known as Yevus because the Yevusim were living there).[ref] 5 The inhabitants inside Yevus said to David, “You won’t be entering this place.” But David captured what became known as the Tsiyon (Zion) fortress, that is, the city of David. 6 He’d said, “The one who strikes down the Yevusim first will become my army commander.” Tseruyah’s son Yoav (Joab) went up over the wall first, and he became head of the army. 7 David started living in that fortress, so then they called it the city of David. 8 He built the city up all around, from the terrace to the surrounding walls, and Yoav restored the rest of the city. 9 So David became more powerful because Commander-in-chief Yahweh helped him.