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The king and his men went to Yerushalayim to attack the Y'vusi, the inhabitants of that region. They taunted David, "You won't get in here! Even the blind and the lame could fend you off!"- in other words, they were thinking, "David will never get in here."
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Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Tziyon, also known [now] as the City of David.
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What David said on that day was, "In order to attack the Y'vusi, you have to climb up [from the spring outside the city] through the water tunnel. Then you can do away with those [so-called] 'lame and blind'" (whom David despises - hence the expression, "The 'blind and lame' keep him from entering the house").
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David lived in the stronghold and called it the City of David. Then David built up the city around it, starting at the Millo [earth rampart] and working inward.
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David grew greater and greater, because ADONAI the God of Armies was with him.
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Hiram king of Tzor sent envoys to David with cedar logs, and with them were carpenters and stonemasons; and they built David a palace.
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David then knew that ADONAI had set him up as king over Isra'el and increased his royal power for the sake of his people.
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David took for himself more concubines and wives in Yerushalayim after coming from Hevron, so that still more sons and daughters were born to David.
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Here are the names of those born to him in Yerushalayim: Shamua, Shovav, Natan, Shlomo,
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Yivchar, Elishua, Nefeg, Yafia,
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Elishama, Elyada and Elifelet.