1 Chronicles 11:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 5:7 : 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
1 Chr 11:5 : 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Sam 5:6-12
7 verses
88%
6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
8And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
10And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
12And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
1 Chr 11:3-6
4 verses
85%
3Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
4And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
5And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
6And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
1 Chr 11:8-9
2 verses
78%
8And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
9So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
1 Chr 15:1
77%
1And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
1 Chr 11:16
76%
16And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
1 Sam 23:29
76%
29And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
2 Chr 6:6-7
2 verses
74%
6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
2 Sam 23:14
74%
14And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
2 Sam 12:28-29
2 verses
73%
28Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
29And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against 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 of the burnt offering for Israel.
2And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
2 Sam 2:3
73%
3And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
1 Kgs 8:16-17
2 verses
72%
16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
17And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
2 Chr 11:7
72%
7And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
2 Sam 5:17
72%
17But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
1 Sam 27:5
72%
5And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
1 Sam 17:54
71%
54And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
1 Sam 22:1
71%
1David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
1 Chr 14:16
71%
16David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
1 Sam 23:10
71%
10Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
1 Kgs 2:10-11
2 verses
71%
10So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
11And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
1 Chr 23:25
71%
25For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
2 Sam 7:17
71%
17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
1 Sam 23:7
71%
7And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
2 Sam 6:10
71%
10So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
2 Sam 5:20
71%
20And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
1 Chr 17:1
71%
1Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
1 Chr 17:7
71%
7Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
1 Sam 24:22
71%
22And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
1 Sam 30:31
71%
31And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
2 Sam 3:10
71%
10To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
2 Chr 11:10-11
2 verses
71%
10And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
11And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
1 Chr 14:2
70%
2And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
2 Sam 7:8
70%
8Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
2 Sam 7:5
70%
5Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?