<t /><p class="bodytext">David and the whole Israelite army<n id="1" /> advanced to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus).<n id="2" /> (The Jebusites, the land&#8217;s original inhabitants, lived there.)<n id="3" />

and the clans of the scribes<n id="1" /> who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended<n id="2" /> from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab.<n id="3" />p>

The residents of Jebus said to David, &#8220;You cannot invade this place!&#8221; But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

He told them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> your God is with you!<n id="2" /> He has made you secure on every side,<n id="3" /> for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region<n id="4" /> and the region<n id="5" /> is subdued before the <sc>Lordsc> and his people.