1 Chronicles 11:5

And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, you shall not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which the city of David.

— The Restored Word Bible

Context

3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Yahuah; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Yahuah by Samuel.

4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which Jebus; where the Jebusites , the inhabitants of the land.

5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, you shall not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which the city of David.

6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.

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