These six were born to David in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years,

Johanan the father of Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem),

Jozadak was deported when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

They ministered with music before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.

All these were heads of families, chiefs as listed in their genealogy, and they lived in Jerusalem.

and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.

The People in Jerusalem

Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.

Those from Judah, from Benjamin, and from Ephraim and Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem were:

All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs as listed in their genealogy, and they lived in Jerusalem.

Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They too lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.

David Conquers Jerusalem

David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). The Jebusites who lived there

In Jerusalem David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.

The Ark Brought to Jerusalem

After David had constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it.

David took the gold shields carried by the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

When the Ammonites realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they too fled before his brother Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.

The Capture of Rabbah

In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins.

and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

The king’s word, however, overruled Joab; so Joab left and went throughout Israel and then came back to Jerusalem.

And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the Lord saw it and relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

For David had said, “Since the Lord, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever,

David’s Plans for the Temple

David summoned all the officials of Israel to assemble at Jerusalem: the officers over the tribes, the commanders of the divisions in the service of the king, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the warriors and all the brave fighting men.

He ruled over Israel forty years—seven in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.