And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land.

And David goeth, and all Israel, to Jerusalem, it is Jebus, and there the Jebusite, the inhabitants of the land.

HE WINS THE CASTLE OF ZION FROM THE JEBUSITES BY JOAB'S VALOR. (1-Chronicles 11:4-9)
David and all Israel went to . . . Jebus--(See on 2-Samuel 5:6).

The capture of the citadel of Zion, and Jerusalem chosen to be the royal residence under the name of the city of David; cf. 2-Samuel 5:6-10, and the commentary on this section at that place. - יחיּה, 1-Chronicles 11:8, to make alive, is used here, as in Nehemiah 4:2, of the rebuilding of ruins. The general remark, 1-Chronicles 11:9, "and David increased continually in might," etc., opens the way for the transition to the history of David's reign which follows. As a proof of his increasing greatness, there follows in