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.