The Philistine cities were conquered, and soldiers from Gath, where David had himself once served as a mercenary, were drafted into the body-guard of the Hebrew sovereign.
Before the Philistine war was over, Jerusalem had fallen into David's hands.

The stronghold of the Jebusites was one of the last of the Canaanitish cities to surrender to the Israelites.

Its older inhabitants were allowed to live in it side by side with colonists from Judah and Benjamin.

The city itself was made the capital of the kingdom.

Its central position, its natural strength, and its independence of the history of any special tribe, all combined to justify the choice.