It was a common practice in the ancient Near East, as it is today, to rename a city when it comes into the control of a new group (see Numbers 32:41–42).1 The city had been captured by David; it now belonged to him and it was going to be his home in Israel going forward.
9 David s'établit dans la forteresse, qu'il appela cité de David. Il fit de tous côtés des constructions, en dehors et en dedans de Millo.