6 The king and his men battled against the Yevusim who lived in and around Yerushalem (Jerusalem),[ref] but Yevusim mocked David, “You’ll never break in here—even blind and crippled men could keep you out,” because they thought that David couldn’t get in. 7 But David did capture that Tsiyon (Zion) fortress that then became known as David’s city.

8 He’d told his men that day, “Anyone wanting to strike the Yevusim should use the water tunnel to reach the lame people and the blind people—the ones who are hated by David.” (That’s why they say that blind and crippled people shouldn’t enter the house.[fn])

9 So David lived in that fortress and called it ‘David’s city’—expanding it on all sides. 10 David continued to grow more powerful because Yahweh, Commander-in-chief God was with him.

11 King Hiram from Tsor (Tyre) sent messengers to David, then he sent carpenters and stone-cutters to build a palace for David.

12 David knew that Yahweh had established him as king over all Yisrael (Israel) and that he was prospering the kingdom for the sake of his people the Israelis.

13 After David moved from Hevron to Yerushalem (Jerusalem), he married more wives and took more slave-wives, all of whom produced more sons and daughters for him. 14 The names of his sons who were born in Yerushalem were Shamua, Shovav, Natan (Nathan), Shelomoh (Solomon), 15 Yavehar, Elishua, Nefeg, Yafia, 16 Elishama, Elyada, and Elifelet.