2 Samuel 5:9

Modern English Version

So David occupied the stronghold, and he called it the City of David. He built on all sides from the terraces inward.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:7

Nevertheless, David overthrew the stronghold of Zion, which is now the City of David.

2 Samuel 5:8

David said on that day, “Whoever defeats the Jebusites, let him go through the water shaft to reach the lame and the blind, who are despised by David.” Therefore, it is said, “The blind and lame shall not come into the house.”

2 Samuel 6:10

So David did not allow the ark of the Lord to be brought to him in the City of David. Instead, David redirected it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

1 Kings 11:27

This is what led to his rebellion against the king. Solomon built Millo and repaired the wall of the City of David his father.

1 Kings 2:10

So David slept with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.

1 Kings 9:15

This is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the Lord and his own house, Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

1 Kings 9:24

But Pharaoh’s daughter moved out of the City of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, and he then built Millo.

2 Kings 12:20

His servants rose up, made a conspiracy, and struck Joash in the house of Millo, which goes down to Silla.

2 Kings 12:21

Jozabad the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died. They buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

1 Chronicles 11:8

and he fortified the city all around from the Millo encircling the stronghold, while Joab repaired the rest of the city.

2 Chronicles 32:5

He then worked hard to build up all the walls that were broken down and to raise up towers. Then he built another wall outside that one and strengthened the Millo in the City of David. And he made weapons and shields in abundance.

Nehemiah 3:15

And Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, commander of the Mizpah district, made repairs to the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, covered it, erected its doors, and installed the locks and bars for it. He also repaired the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king’s garden as far as the steps going down from the City of David.

Psalm 122:3

Jerusalem is built as a city that is firmly joined together,

Isaiah 29:1

Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David lived! Add year to year, observe your feasts on schedule.

Judges 9:20

If not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and from Beth-millo and consume Abimelech!”

Judges 9:6

All the leaders of Shechem and everyone from Beth-millo gathered together by the oak near the pillar in Shechem to make Abimelech king.