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2 Samuel 5:3-7

2 Samuel 5:3

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the Lord in Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel.

2 Samuel 5:4

David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty years.

2 Samuel 5:5

At Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

2 Samuel 5:6

Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they said to David, “You shall not come in here, but even those who are blind and those who limp will turn you away,” thinking, “David cannot enter here.”

2 Samuel 5:7

Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.