2 Samuel 5:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.”
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“So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And David dwelleth in the fortress, and calleth it--City of David, and David buildeth round about, from Millo and inward,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 5:9 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 9:6Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
- Judges 9:20But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”
- 2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
- 2 Samuel 6:10So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
- 1 Kings 2:10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
- 1 Kings 9:15This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
- 1 Kings 9:24As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
- 1 Kings 11:27and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
- 2 Kings 12:21His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 11:8He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
- Nehemiah 3:15The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
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