2 Samuel 5:7

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:8

That day David said, “Whoever wants to defeat the Jebusites must reach the lame and the blind who hate me by using the water shaft.” So there is a saying, “The blind and the lame will not get into the palace.”

2 Samuel 5:9

David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built the city ⌞of Jerusalem⌟ around it from the Millo  to the palace.

2 Samuel 6:10

So David wouldn’t bring the ark of the Lord with him to the City of David. Instead, he rerouted it to the home of Obed Edom, who was from Gath.

2 Samuel 6:12

King David was told, “The Lord has blessed Obed Edom’s home and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” Then David joyfully went to get the ark of God from Obed Edom’s house and bring it to the City of David.

2 Samuel 6:16

When the ark of the Lord came to the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out of a window and saw King David leaping and dancing in the Lord’s presence, so she despised him.

1 Kings 2:10

David lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David.

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh (the king of Egypt). After marrying Pharaoh’s daughter, Solomon brought her to the City of David until he finished building his own house, the Lord’s house, and the wall around Jerusalem.

1 Kings 8:1

Then Solomon assembled the respected leaders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the Israelite families. They came to King Solomon in Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord’s promise from the City of David (that is, Zion).

1 Kings 9:24

Pharaoh’s daughter moved from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her. Then he built the Millo.

1 Chronicles 11:7

David lived in the fortress, so it was called the City of David.

2 Chronicles 24:16

He was buried in the City of David with the kings because of the good he had done in Israel for God and the temple.

2 Chronicles 5:2

Then Solomon assembled the respected leaders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the Israelite families. They came to Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord’s promise from the City of David (that is, Zion).

Nehemiah 3:15

Shallun, Col Hozeh’s son, the official in charge of the district of Mizpah, repaired Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put a roof over it, and set its doors, locks, and bars in place. He also made repairs on the wall of the Pool of Shelah by the King’s Garden as far as the stairs going down from the City of David.

Psalm 132:13

The Lord has chosen Zion. He wants it for his home.

Psalm 2:6

“I have installed my own king on Zion, my holy mountain.”

Psalm 48:12

Walk around Zion. Go around it. Count its towers.

Psalm 48:3

God is in its palaces. He has proved that he is a stronghold.

Psalm 51:18

Favor Zion with your goodness. Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalm 87:2

The Lord loves the city of Zion more than any other place in Jacob.

Psalm 9:11

Make music to praise the Lord, who is enthroned in Zion. Announce to the nations what he has done.

Isaiah 12:6

Shout loudly, and sing with joy, people of Zion! The Holy One of Israel is great. He is among you.”

Isaiah 59:20

“Then a Savior will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from rebellion,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 21:13

“ ‘I’m against you, Jerusalem. You are the city that is in the valley and on the rock in the plain,’ ” declares the Lord. “ ‘But you ask, “Who can attack us? Who can enter our places of refuge?”

Micah 4:2

Then many nations will come and say, “Let’s go to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them.” The teachings will go out from Zion. The Lord’s word will go out from Jerusalem.

Romans 9:33

As Scripture says, “I am placing a rock in Zion that people trip over, a large rock that people find offensive. Whoever believes in him will not be ashamed.”

Hebrews 12:22

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to tens of thousands of angels joyfully gathered together

Revelation 14:1

I looked, and the lamb was standing on Mount Zion. There were 144,000 people with him who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.