2 Samuel 5:7

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Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold (fortress) of Zion, that is, the City of David.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:8

Then David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him go up through the [underground] water shaft to strike the lame and the blind, who are detested by David’s soul [because of their arrogance].” So [for that reason] they say, “The blind or the lame (Jebusites) shall not come into the [royal] house [of Israel].” [1 Chr 11:6]

2 Samuel 5:9

So David lived in the stronghold and called it the City of David. And he built all around [the surrounding area] from the Millo [fortification] and inward.

2 Samuel 6:10

David was unwilling to move the ark of the Lord into the City of David with him; instead he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

2 Samuel 6:12

Now King David was told, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing and gladness.

2 Samuel 6:16

Then, as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter [David’s wife], looked down from the window above and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she felt contempt for him in her heart [because she thought him undignified].

1 Kings 2:10

So David lay down with his fathers [in death] and was buried in the City of David.

1 Kings 3:1

Now Solomon became a son-in-law to Pharaoh king of Egypt [and formed an alliance] by taking Pharaoh’s daughter [in marriage]. He brought her to the City of David [where she remained temporarily] until he had finished building his own house (palace) and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.

1 Kings 8:1

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David, which is Zion.

1 Kings 9:24

As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter came up from the City of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, then he built the Millo (fortification).

1 Chronicles 11:7

Then David lived in the stronghold; so it was called the City of David.

2 Chronicles 24:16

They buried him in the City of David among the kings, because he had done good [things] in Israel and toward God and His house.

2 Chronicles 5:2

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the Israelites, in Jerusalem to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord up from the City of David, which is Zion.

Nehemiah 3:15

Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, official of the district of Mizpah repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it [with a roof], and set up its doors with its bolts and its bars, and [he rebuilt] the wall of the Pool of Shelah (Siloam) by the King’s Garden as far as the stairs that descend [the eastern slope] from [the section of Jerusalem known as] the City of David.

Psalm 132:13

¶For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:

Psalm 2:6

“Yet as for Me, I have anointed and firmly installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

Psalm 48:12

Walk about Zion, go all around her; Count her towers,

Psalm 48:3

God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

Psalm 51:18

¶By Your favor do good to Zion; May You rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalm 87:2

The Lord loves the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel).

Psalm 9:11

¶Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion; Declare among the peoples His [great and wondrous] deeds.

Isaiah 12:6

Rejoice and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 59:20

“A Redeemer (Messiah) will come to Zion, And to those in Jacob (Israel) who turn from transgression (sin),” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 21:13

¶“Understand this, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain,” says the Lord— “You who say, ‘Who will come down against us? Or who will enter into our dwelling places?’

Micah 4:2

And many nations shall come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house of the God of Jacob, That He may teach us about His ways And that we may walk in His paths.” For the law shall go forward from Zion, And the word of the Lord [the revelation about Him and His truth] from Jerusalem.

Romans 9:33

As it is written and forever remains written, “Behold I am laying in Zion a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense; And he who believes in Him [whoever adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] will not be disappointed [in his expectations].” [Is 28:16]

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels [in festive gathering],

Revelation 14:1

Then I looked, and this is what I saw: the Lamb stood [firmly established] on Mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had His name and His Father’s name inscribed on their foreheads [signifying God’s own possession]. [Joel 2:32]