Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.
1 Kings 9:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Pharaoh’s daughter moved from the city of David to the house that Solomon had built for her; he then built the terraces. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the City of David to her house which Solomon had built for her; then he built the Millo. American Standard Version (1901) But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo. Common English Bible When Pharaoh’s daughter went up from David’s City to the palace he had built for her, Solomon built the stepped structure. Catholic Public Domain Version And the daughter of Pharaoh went up from the city of David to her house, which Solomon had built for her. Then he built up Millo. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the daughter of Pharao came up out of the city of David to her house, which Solomon had built for her. Then did he build Mello. |
Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.
David took up residence in the stronghold, which he named the city of David. He built it up all the way round from the supporting terraces inward.
and this is the reason he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the opening in the wall of the city of his father David.
Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying Pharaoh’s daughter. Solomon brought her to the city of David until he finished building his palace, the Lord’s temple, and the wall surrounding Jerusalem.
Solomon’s own palace where he would live, in the other courtyard behind the hall, was of similar construction. And he made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, his wife. ,
Then Hezekiah strengthened his position by rebuilding the entire broken-down wall and heightening the towers and the other outside wall. He repaired the supporting terraces of the city of David, and made an abundance of weapons and shields.
Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh from the city of David to the house he had built for her, for he said, ‘My wife must not live in the house of King David of Israel because the places the ark of the Lord has come into are holy.’