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The Jebusites told David he would never get inside the city, but David captured their fortress of Zion, and it became known as “David's City.” David said, “The first man to kill a Jebusite will be commander of the army!” Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, led the attack and became commander. Because David went to live in the fortress, it came to be called “David's City.”

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