2 Samuel 5:9

New English Translation

So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:7

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

2 Samuel 5:8

David said on that day, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the ‘lame’ and the ‘blind’ who are David’s enemies by going through the water tunnel.” For this reason it is said, “The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace.”

2 Samuel 6:10

So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

1 Kings 11:27

This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David.

1 Kings 2:10

Then David passed away and was buried in the city of David.

1 Kings 9:15

Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord’s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

1 Kings 9:24

Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh’s daughter moved up from the city of David to the palace Solomon built for her.

2 Kings 12:20

His servants conspired against him and murdered Joash at Beth-Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.

2 Kings 12:21

His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. He was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

1 Chronicles 11:8

He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; Joab restored the rest of the city.

2 Chronicles 32:5

Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields.

Nehemiah 3:15

Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.

Psalm 122:3

Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly.

Isaiah 29:1

Ariel is as good as dead – Ariel, the town David besieged! Keep observing your annual rituals, celebrate your festivals on schedule.

Judges 9:20

But if not, may fire blaze from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo! May fire also blaze from the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo and consume Abimelech!”

Judges 9:6

All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem.