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David Takes Jerusalem
David attacks the Jebusite stronghold of Jerusalem and captures Zion, which becomes the City of David. He fortifies the city, and the narrator explains his growing greatness by the presence of the LORD God of hosts.
The Jebusite stronghold left unconquered in Joshua’s Jerusalem notice is finally captured by David in 2 Samuel 5, resolving an unfinished conquest thread and turning the city into the City of David.
First Chronicles 11 retells David’s capture and fortification of Jerusalem and the naming of the City of David, providing a direct parallel to 2 Samuel 5. The shared place, action, and royal outcome make the relationship certain and show Jerusalem’s rise as the Davidic capital across both histories.
David’s capture of Jerusalem resolves the earlier Judges notice that Benjamin did not drive the Jebusites from the city, carrying an unfinished conquest problem forward into the monarchy.
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