them, and that united they're a force to be reckoned with at a time when in the middle east, virtually all the great powers such as egypt are in decline, and that's a time when a relatively small power can achieve great conquests. >> so how does he maintain the peace? what can david do to prove to the 12 tribes that he's not just going to favor his home tribes? he's going to choose a capital that will be a compromise. >> he settles on a small mountain enclave built by canaanites over 2,000 years earlier, jerusalem. >> jerusalem is a particularly unpromising spot to have become as important as it became. it doesn't have a strategic location. it's not even on a waterway, on