2 Samuel 5:7

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But David captured the fortress of Zion(that is, the City of David).

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 2:10 : 10 Then David passed away and was buried in the City of David.
  • 2 Sam 6:12 : 12 King David was told,“The LORD has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.
  • 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 As the ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him.
  • 2 Sam 5:9 : 9 So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.
  • 2 Sam 6:10 : 10 So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
  • 1 Kgs 3:1 : 1 The Lord Gives Solomon Wisdom Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem.
  • 1 Kgs 8:1 : 1 Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the LORD’s covenant from the City of David(that is, Zion).
  • 1 Chr 11:7 : 7 David lived in the fortress; for this reason it is called the City of David.
  • 2 Chr 5:2 : 2 Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders– all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families– in Jerusalem, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the City of David(that is, Zion).
  • 2 Chr 24:16 : 16 He was buried in the City of David with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.
  • Ps 2:6 : 6 “I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
  • Ps 9:11 : 11 Sing praises to the LORD, who rules in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!
  • Ps 48:12 : 12 Walk around Zion! Encircle it! Count its towers!
  • Ps 51:18 : 18 Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!
  • Ps 87:2 : 2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
  • Ps 132:13 : 13 Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.
  • Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”
  • Isa 59:20 : 20 “A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” says the LORD.
  • Mic 4:2 : 2 Many nations will come, saying,“Come on! Let’s go up to the LORD’s mountain, to the temple of Jacob’s God, so he can teach us his ways and we can live by his laws.” For instruction will proceed from Zion, the LORD’s message from Jerusalem.
  • Rom 9:33 : 33 just as it is written,“Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
  • Heb 12:22 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly
  • Rev 14:1 : 1 An Interlude: The Song of the 144,000 Then I looked, and here was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.

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  • 1 Chr 11:4-7
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    4David Conquers Jerusalem David and the whole Israelite army advanced to Jerusalem(that is, Jebus).(The Jebusites, the land’s original inhabitants, lived there.)

    5The residents of Jebus said to David,“You cannot invade this place!” But David captured the fortress of Zion(that is, the City of David).

    6David said,“Whoever attacks the Jebusites first will become commanding general!” So Joab son of Zeruiah attacked first and became commander.

    7David lived in the fortress; for this reason it is called the City of David.

  • 2 Sam 5:6
    82%

    6David Occupies Jerusalem Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites said to David,“You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying,‘David cannot invade this place!’”

  • 2 Sam 5:8-10
    3 verses
    81%

    8David said on that day,“Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the‘lame’ and the‘blind’ who are David’s enemies by going through the water tunnel.” For this reason it is said,“The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace.”

    9So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.

    10David’s power grew steadily, for the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies was with him.

  • 2 Sam 12:28-29
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    74%

    28So now assemble the rest of the army and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city and it will be named for me.”

    29So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.

  • 2 Sam 5:17
    72%

    17Conflict with the Philistines When the Philistines heard that David had been designated king over Israel, they all went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress.

  • 1 Sam 23:29
    72%

    29(24:1) Then David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En Gedi.

  • 1 Sam 17:54
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    54David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his tent.

  • Ps 132:13
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    13Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

  • 2 Sam 5:19-20
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    71%

    19So David asked the LORD,“Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The LORD said to David,“March up, for I will indeed hand the Philistines over to you.”

    20So David marched against Baal Perazim and defeated them there. Then he said,“The LORD has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out.” So he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.

  • 2 Sam 5:25
    71%

    25David did just as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from Gibeon all the way to Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 23:14
    71%

    14David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, but God did not deliver David into his hand.

  • 2 Sam 8:7
    71%

    7David took the golden shields that belonged to Hadadezer’s servants and brought them to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 5:12-13
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    70%

    12David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

    13David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    70%

    1David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

  • 1 Kgs 15:4
    70%

    4Nevertheless for David’s sake the LORD his God maintained his dynasty in Jerusalem by giving him a son to succeed him and by protecting Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 6:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

    7Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 11:16
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    16David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.

  • Ps 76:2
    70%

    2He lives in Salem; he dwells in Zion.

  • 1 Sam 23:7
    70%

    7When Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, Saul said,“God has delivered him into my hand, for he has boxed himself into a corner by entering a city with two barred gates.”

  • 1 Chr 18:7
    70%

    7David took the golden shields which Hadadezer’s servants had carried and brought them to Jerusalem.

  • Ps 122:5
    69%

    5Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David.

  • 1 Sam 23:5
    69%

    5So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • Ps 2:6
    69%

    6“I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”

  • 1 Chr 17:7
    69%

    7“So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:“I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 23:14
    69%

    14David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    69%

    22David promised Saul this on oath. Then Saul went to his house, and David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 2 Chr 11:10
    69%

    10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

  • 1 Sam 27:6
    69%

    6So Achish gave him Ziklag on that day.(For that reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until this very day.)

  • Mic 4:8
    69%

    8As for you, watchtower for the flock, fortress of Daughter Zion– your former dominion will be restored, the sovereignty that belongs to Daughter Jerusalem.

  • Ps 48:2
    69%

    2It is lofty and pleasing to look at, a source of joy to the whole earth. Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon; it is the city of the great king.

  • Ps 69:35
    69%

    35For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

  • 2 Sam 5:3
    69%

    3When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the LORD. They designated David as king over Israel.

  • 1 Chr 23:25
    69%

    25For David said,“The LORD God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 7:8
    69%

    8“So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
    69%

    16David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

  • 2 Chr 5:2
    69%

    2Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders– all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families– in Jerusalem, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the City of David(that is, Zion).

  • 2 Sam 6:10
    69%

    10So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Chr 15:3
    68%

    3David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the LORD up to the place he had prepared for it.

  • 1 Sam 17:50
    68%

    50David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand.

  • Isa 10:32
    68%

    32This very day, standing in Nob, they shake their fist at Daughter Zion’s mountain– at the hill of Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 23:2
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    2So David asked the LORD,“Should I go and strike down these Philistines?” The LORD said to David,“Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.”