2 Samuel 5:7

The Capture And Growth Of Jerusalem

⁶ Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to David, “You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away”; thinking, “David cannot enter here.” ⁷ Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is the city of David. ⁸ David said on that day, “Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul, through the water tunnel.” Therefore they say, “The blind or the lame shall not come into the house.”

City of David

David

Zion

1 Kings 2:10

Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.

2 Samuel 6:12

Now it was told King David, saying, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, on account of the ark of God.” David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.

2 Samuel 6:16

Then it happened as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

2 Samuel 5:9

So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.

2 Samuel 6:10

And David was unwilling to move the ark of the Lord into the city of David with him; but David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

1 Kings 3:1

Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem.

1 Kings 8:1

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David, which is Zion.

1 Chronicles 11:7

Then David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David.

2 Chronicles 5:2

Then Solomon assembled to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.

2 Chronicles 24:16

They buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done well in Israel and to God and His house.

Psalm 2:6

“But as for Me, I have installed My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

Psalm 9:11

Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;
Declare among the peoples His deeds.

Psalm 48:12

Walk about Zion and go around her;
Count her towers;

Psalm 51:18

By Your favor do good to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalm 87:2

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

Psalm 132:13

For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His habitation.

Isaiah 12:6

Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 59:20

“A Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” declares the Lord.

Micah 4:2

Many nations will come and say,
“Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
That He may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For from Zion will go forth the law,
Even the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Romans 9:33

just as it is written,
“Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,
And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.”

Hebrews 12:22

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

Revelation 14:1

Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads.