1Ch 11:4-9 | KD | STEP | The capture of the citadel of Zion, and Jerusalem chosen to be the royal residence under the name of the city of David; cf. , and the commentary on this section at that place. - יחיּה, , to make alive, is used here, as in , of the rebuilding of ruins. The general remark, , “and David increased continually in might,” etc., opens the way for the transition to the history of David’s reign which follows. As a proof of his increasing greatness, there follows in

‏ 1 Chronicles 11:4-9

1Ch 11:4-9 The capture of the citadel of Zion, and Jerusalem chosen to be the royal residence under the name of the city of David; cf. 2Sa 5:6-10, and the commentary on this section at that place. - יחיּה, 1Ch 11:8, to make alive, is used here, as in Neh 4:2, of the rebuilding of ruins. The general remark, 1Ch 11:9, “and David increased continually in might,” etc., opens the way for the transition to the history of David’s reign which follows. As a proof of his increasing greatness, there follows in