1 Chronicles 11:5

Easy To Read Version

said to David, “You can’t get inside our city.” But David did defeat those people. David took over the fortress {\cf2\super [111]} of Zion. {\cf2\super [112]} This place became the City of David. {\cf2\super [113]}

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:9

David lived in the fort and called it “The City of David.” [27] David built the area called the Millo. [28] He also built more buildings inside the city.

2 Samuel 6:10

So David would not move the Lord’s Holy Box into the City of David. [42] David put the Holy Box at the house of Obed Edom from Gath. David carried the Holy Box off the road to the house of Obed Edom of Gath. [43]

2 Samuel 6:12

Later, people told David, “The Lord has blessed the family of Obed Edom and everything he owns, because God’s Holy Box [44] is there.” So David went and brought God’s Holy Box from Obed Edom’s house. David was very happy and excited.

1 Kings 8:1

Then King Solomon called together all the elders of Israel, the heads of the family groups, and the leaders of the families of Israel. He asked them to come to him in Jerusalem. Solomon wanted them to join in bringing the Box of the Agreement [101] from the City of David [102] into the temple.

1 Chronicles 11:4

David and all the people of Israel went to the city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem was called Jebus at that time. The people living in that city were named Jebusites. The people that lived in the city

1 Chronicles 11:6

David said, “The person that leads the attack on the Jebusite people will become the commander over all my army.” So Joab led the attack. Joab was Zeruiah’s son. Joab became the commander of the army.

1 Chronicles 11:7

Then David made his home in the fortress. {\cf2\super [114]} That is why it is named the City of David. {\cf2\super [115]}

2 Chronicles 5:2

Solomon commanded the elders of Israel and all the leaders of the family groups to meet together in Jerusalem. (These men were the leaders of the heads of the families of Israel.) Solomon did this so \{the Levites\} could bring the Box of the Lord’s Agreement {\cf2\super [76]} up \{to the temple\} from the City of David, that is, Zion.

Psalm 122:5

The kings from David’s family\par put their thrones in that place.\par They set up their thrones there\par to judge the people.\par

Psalm 132:13

The Lord chose Zion {\cf2\super [622]} to be the place\par for his temple.\par That is the place he wanted for his home.\par

Psalm 48:2

God’s holy city is at such a pleasant altitude!\par It makes people around the world happy!\par Mount Zion is the true mountain of God. {\cf2\super [288]} \par It is the city of the Great King.\par

Psalm 78:68

No, God chose Judah’s family group.\par God chose Zion, the mountain\par he loves.\par

Psalm 87:2

The Lord loves Zion’s gates\par more than any other place in Israel.\par

Psalm 87:5

God knows every person born on Zion.\par God Most-High built that city.\par

Psalm 9:11

You people living on Zion,\par sing praises to the Lord. {\cf2\super [49]} \par Tell other nations about the great things\par the Lord did.\par

Romans 9:33

The Scripture {\cf2\super [97]} talks about that stone:

Hebrews 12:22

But you have not come to that kind of place. The new place you have come to is Mount Zion. {\cf2\super [165]} You have come to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. {\cf2\super [166]} You have come to an excited gathering of thousands of angels.

Revelation 14:1

Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb. He was standing on Mount Zion. {\cf2\super [97]} There were 144,000 people with him. They all had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

Judges 19:10

But the Levite [147] man did not want to stay another night. He took his two donkeys and his woman servant. [148] He traveled as far as the city of Jebus. (Jebus is another name for Jerusalem).

1 Samuel 17:26

David asked the men standing near him, “{What did he say?} What is the reward for killing this Philistine and taking away this shame from Israel? Who is this Goliath anyway? He is only some foreigner. [153] Goliath is nothing but a Philistine. Why does he think he can speak against the army of the living God?”

1 Samuel 17:36

I killed a lion and a bear like that! And I will kill that foreigner, [155] Goliath, just like them! Goliath will die because he made fun of the army of the living God.