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So David made the fortress his home, and he called it the City of David. He extended the city, starting at the supporting terraces[a] and working inward. 10 And David became more and more powerful, because the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies was with him.

11 Then King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar timber and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built David a palace.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:9 Hebrew the millo. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

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