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1 Chronicles 11:7 In-Context
5 They told David, "You will never get in here." But David captured the fortress Zion (that is, the City of David).
6 Now, David said, "Whoever is the first to kill a Jebusite will be made a general and a prince." Zeruiah's son Joab was the first to go [into Jerusalem], so he became the general.
7 David lived in the fortress, so it was called the City of David.
8 He built the city [of Jerusalem] around it, starting from the Millo and making a complete circuit. Joab rebuilt the rest of the city.
9 David continued to grow more powerful because the LORD of Armies was with him.