2 Samuel 5:7-9

EasyEnglish Bible

⁷ But David did get in and he took Zion, the city's strong place. It is now called ‘The City of David’.

⁸ On that day, David said to his men, ‘We must attack my enemies, the Jebusites. To do that, we must go into the city through the water tunnel.^[a] Then we will see if their blind and lame people can stop us! I hate them all.’

That is why people still say, ‘Anybody who is blind or lame must not go into the palace.’^[b]

David comes to live in Jerusalem

⁹ Then David went to live in the strong place of the city. He called it ‘The City of David’. He built more houses all around it, from the edge of the hill into the city.