¹⁴ Then David sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, “Give me my wife Michal,^(A) whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

³ When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant^(A) with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed^(B) David king over Israel.

⁴ David was thirty years old^(C) when he became king, and he reigned^(D) forty^(E) years. ⁵ In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months,^(F) and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.

David Conquers Jerusalem^(G)(H)

⁶ The king and his men marched to Jerusalem^(I) to attack the Jebusites,^(J) who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, “You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off.” They thought, “David cannot get in here.” ⁷ Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion^(K)—which is the City of David.^(L)