⁶ When the king and his men went to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites who lived there, the Jebusites said to David, “You can’t ·get inside our city [^Lcome in here]. Even the blind and the ·crippled can stop you [^Llame can hold you off/turn you away].” They thought David could not enter their city.

⁷ But David did ·take the city of Jerusalem with its strong walls [capture the stronghold/fortress of Zion], and it ·became [is] the City of David [^Cit did not belong to a specific tribe; David made it the national capital].