1 Chronicles 11:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Thou shalt

1 Samuel 17:9

The castle

The city

General references

Joshua 15:63

Bible References

Thou shalt

If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us."

The castle

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).

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).

"I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill."

Sing praises to the Lord, who rules in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!

It 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.

He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

A song of ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion; it cannot be upended and will endure forever.

Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

(Kaf) The Lord fully vented his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. He started a fire in Zion; it consumed her foundations.

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."

But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly

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.

The city

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

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

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.

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

General references

The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day.