2 Samuel 5:7

New Living Translation

But David captured the fortress of Zion, which is now called the City of David.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:8

On the day of the attack, David said to his troops, “I hate those ‘lame’ and ‘blind’ Jebusites. Whoever attacks them should strike by going into the city through the water tunnel.” That is the origin of the saying, “The blind and the lame may not enter the house.”

2 Samuel 5:9

So David made the fortress his home, and he called it the City of David. He extended the city, starting at the supporting terraces and working inward.

2 Samuel 6:10

So David decided not to move the Ark of the Lord into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.

2 Samuel 6:12

Then King David was told, “The Lord has blessed Obed-edom’s household and everything he has because of the Ark of God.” So David went there and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the City of David with a great celebration.

2 Samuel 6:16

But as the Ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she was filled with contempt for him.

1 Kings 2:10

Then David died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David.

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and married one of his daughters. He brought her to live in the City of David until he could finish building his palace and the Temple of the Lord and the wall around the city.

1 Kings 8:1

Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of the Israelites. They were to bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion.

1 Kings 9:24

Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh’s daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built for her. Then he constructed the supporting terraces.

1 Chronicles 11:7

David made the fortress his home, and that is why it is called the City of David.

2 Chronicles 24:16

He was buried among the kings in the City of David, because he had done so much good in Israel for God and his Temple.

2 Chronicles 5:2

Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of Israel. They were to bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion.

Nehemiah 3:15

The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallum son of Col-hozeh, the leader of the Mizpah district. He rebuilt it, roofed it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. Then he repaired the wall of the pool of Siloam near the king’s garden, and he rebuilt the wall as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.

Psalm 132:13

For the Lord has chosen Jerusalem; he has desired it for his home.

Psalm 2:6

For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain.”

Psalm 48:12

Go, inspect the city of Jerusalem. Walk around and count the many towers.

Psalm 48:3

God himself is in Jerusalem’s towers, revealing himself as its defender.

Psalm 51:18

Look with favor on Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalm 87:2

He loves the city of Jerusalem more than any other city in Israel.

Psalm 9:11

Sing praises to the Lord who reigns in Jerusalem. Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds.

Isaiah 12:6

Let all the people of Jerusalem shout his praise with joy! For great is the Holy One of Israel who lives among you.”

Isaiah 59:20

“The Redeemer will come to Jerusalem to buy back those in Israel who have turned from their sins,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 21:13

I will personally fight against the people in Jerusalem, that mighty fortress— the people who boast, “No one can touch us here. No one can break in here.”

Micah 4:2

People from many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of Jacob’s God. There he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the Lord’s teaching will go out from Zion; his word will go out from Jerusalem.

Romans 9:33

God warned them of this in the Scriptures when he said, “I am placing a stone in Jerusalem that makes people stumble, a rock that makes them fall. But anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.”

Hebrews 12:22

No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering.

Revelation 14:1

Then I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.