⁹ And David took up dwelling in the stronghold, and it came to be called the City of David; and David began to build all around from the Mound*+ and inward.

⁹ Moreover, Uz·zi′ah built towers+ in Jerusalem by the Corner Gate+ and by the Valley Gate+ and by the Buttress, and made them strong.

⁵ Furthermore, he took courage and built up all the broken-down wall+ and raised towers+ upon it, and on the outside another wall,+ and repaired the Mound*+ of the City of David, and made missiles+ in abundance and shields.+

¹⁴ And after this he built an outer+ wall for the City of David+ to the west of Gi′hon+ in the torrent valley and as far as the Fish Gate,+ and he ran [it] around to O′phel+ and proceeded to make it very high. Further, he put chiefs of the military force in all the fortified cities in Judah.+

¹² March around Zion, YOU people, and go about it,+

Count its towers.+

¹² The kings of the earth and all the inhabitants of the productive land* had not believed+

That the adversary and the enemy would come into the gates of Jerusalem.+