David rules all Israel and takes Jerusalem
2 Samuel 5; 1 Chronicles 11–12
All the tribes anointed David king over Israel; he captured the Jebusite fortress of Zion and made Jerusalem his capital.
Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city.
2 Samuel 5:7 (World English Bible)
Jerusalem sat on the border between Judah and Benjamin and belonged to neither, a neutral capital for a united nation. The Jebusites mocked that even the blind and lame could hold it, but David's men got in by the water shaft. It became “David’s city,” and King Hiram of Tyre sent cedar and craftsmen to build David a palace.
Places
JerusalemJordanTyreHebronCity of DavidGezerValley of RephaimBaal-perazimGeba
Dating notes
David reigned 33 years over all Israel from Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:5). Ussher, 1048 BC.