9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
9 And David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built the city all around from the Millo inward.
9 David made the fortress city his home and named it "City of David." He developed the city from the outside terraces inward.
9 Then David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the City of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.
9 So David made the fortress his home, and he called it the City of David. He extended the city, starting at the supporting terraces and working inward.
8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired
8 And he built the city all around from the Millo in complete circuit, and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
8 David fortified the city all the way around, both the outer bulwarks (the Millo) and the outside wall. Joab rebuilt the city gates.
8 And he built the city around it, from the Millo to the surrounding area. Joab repaired the rest of the city.
8 He extended the city from the supporting terraces to the surrounding area, while Joab rebuilt the rest of Jerusalem.
(Read 1 Chronicles 11:1-9)
David was brought to possess the throne of Israel after he had reigned seven years in Hebron, over Judah only. God's counsels will be fulfilled at last, whatever difficulties lie in the way. The way to be truly great, is to be really useful, to devote all our talents to the Lord.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:9
Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:6-10
(Read 2 Samuel 5:6-10)
The enemies of God's people are often very confident of their own strength, and most secure when their day to fall draws nigh. But the pride and insolence of the Jebusites animated David, and the Lord God of hosts was with him. Thus in the day of God's power, Satan's strong-hold, the human heart, is changed into a habitation of God through the Spirit, and into a throne on which the Son of David rules, and brings every thought into obedience to himself. May He thus come, and claim, and cleanse, each of our hearts; and, destroying every idol, may he reign there for ever!