he serves to this day at the King’s Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.

The residents of Jebus said to David, “You cannot invade this place!” But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

From Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul.