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David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built the city of Jerusalem around it from the Millo[a] to the palace. 10 David continued to grow more powerful because Yahweh Elohim[b] Tsebaoth was with him.

David’s Palace, Wives, and Children in Jerusalem(A)

11 Then King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedarwood, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace for David.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 5:9 The exact place referred to as “the Millo” is unknown.
  2. 2 Samuel 5:10 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek, 1 Chronicles 11:9 omit “God.”

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