And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about - (see the note at 2 Samuel 5:9.) [Septuagint, Vatican, kai ookodomeese teen polin kukloo, and he built the city in a circuit. The Alexandrine adds this clause: kai epolemeese kai elabe teen polin, and he made war and took the city.]
Joab repaired the rest of the city. David built a new town to the north of the old one on mount Zion; but Joab was charged with a commission to restore the part that had been occupied by the ancient Jebus, to repair the breaches made during the siege, to rebuild the houses which had been demolished or burned in the sacking of the town, and to preserve all that had escaped the violence of the soldiery. This work of reconstruction is not noticed elsewhere (Calmet).