1 Chronicles 11:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 5:7 : 7 But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.
  • 1 Chr 11:5 : 5 And the people of Jebus said to David, You will not come in here. But still, David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.
  • Ps 2:6 : 6 But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 5:6-12
    7 verses
    88%

    6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the people of the land: and they said to David, You will not come in here, but the blind and the feeble-footed will keep you out; for they said, David will not be able to come in here.

    7But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

    8And that day David said, Whoever makes an attack on the Jebusites, let him go up by the water-pipe, and put to death all the blind and feeble-footed who are hated by David. And this is why they say, The blind and feeble-footed may not come into the house.

    9So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.

    10And David became greater and greater; for the Lord, the God of armies, was with him.

    11And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.

    12And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.

  • 1 Chr 11:3-6
    4 verses
    85%

    3So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.

    4Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (which is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the people of the land, were there.

    5And the people of Jebus said to David, You will not come in here. But still, David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

    6And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.

  • 1 Chr 11:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order.

    9And David became greater and greater in power, because the Lord of armies was with him.

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    77%

    1And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it.

  • 1 Chr 11:16
    76%

    16At that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.

  • 2 Chr 6:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

    7Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 23:14
    74%

    14And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.

  • 2 Sam 12:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.

    29Then David got all the people together and went to Rabbah and made war on it and took it.

  • 1 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

    2And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

  • 2 Sam 2:3
    73%

    3And David took all his men with him, every man with his family: and they were living in the towns round Hebron.

  • 1 Kgs 8:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.

    17Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 11:7
    72%

    7And Beth-zur and Soco and Adullam

  • 2 Sam 5:17
    72%

    17And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.

  • 1 Sam 27:5
    72%

    5Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.

  • 1 Sam 17:54
    71%

    54And David took the head of the Philistine to Jerusalem, but the metal war-dress and the arms he put in his tent.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    71%

    1So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
    71%

    16And David did as the Lord had said; and they overcame the army of the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon as far as Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 23:10
    71%

    10Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

  • 1 Kgs 2:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.

    11David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 23:25
    71%

    25For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;

  • 2 Sam 7:17
    71%

    17So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.

  • 1 Sam 23:7
    71%

    7And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.

  • 2 Sam 6:10
    71%

    10So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  • 2 Sam 5:20
    71%

    20And David went to Baal-perazim, and overcame them there; and he said, The Lord has let the forces fighting against me be broken before me as a wall is broken by rushing waters. So that place was named Baal-perazim.

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    71%

    1Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.

  • 1 Chr 17:7
    71%

    7So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    71%

    22So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.

  • 1 Sam 30:31
    71%

    31And in Hebron, and to all the places where David and his men had been living.

  • 2 Sam 3:10
    71%

    10And if I do not take away the kingdom from the family of Saul and make David ruler over Israel and Judah from Dan as far as Beer-sheba!

  • 2 Chr 11:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10And Zorah and Aijalon and Hebron, walled towns in Judah and Benjamin.

    11And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.

  • 1 Chr 14:2
    70%

    2And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, lifting up his kingdom on high because of his people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:8
    70%

    8Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:

  • 2 Sam 7:5
    70%

    5Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?