2 Samuel 5:9

New Living Translation

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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:7

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

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 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.

1 Kings 11:27

This is the story behind his rebellion. Solomon was rebuilding the supporting terraces and repairing the walls of the city of his father, David.

1 Kings 2:10

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

1 Kings 9:15

This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord’s Temple, the royal palace, the supporting terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

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.

2 Kings 12:20

Joash’s officers plotted against him and assassinated him at Beth-millo on the road to Silla.

2 Kings 12:21

The assassins were Jozacar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer—both trusted advisers. Joash was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Amaziah became the next king.

1 Chronicles 11:8

He extended the city from the supporting terraces to the surrounding area, while Joab rebuilt the rest of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 32:5

Then Hezekiah worked hard at repairing all the broken sections of the wall, erecting towers, and constructing a second wall outside the first. He also reinforced the supporting terraces in the City of David and manufactured large numbers of weapons and shields.

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 122:3

Jerusalem is a well-built city; its seamless walls cannot be breached.

Isaiah 29:1

“What sorrow awaits Ariel, the City of David. Year after year you celebrate your feasts.

Judges 9:20

But if you have not acted in good faith, then may fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leading citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo; and may fire come out from the citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo and devour Abimelech!”

Judges 9:6

Then all the leading citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo called a meeting under the oak beside the pillar at Shechem and made Abimelech their king.