Thematic Bible: The citadel of mount zion, occupied by david, and called the city of david

And because David dwelt in the castle, therefore it was called the city of David.

Verse Concepts

CityCastles

Zion, As A Place

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. Then went the king and his men to Jerusalem, unto the Jebusites the inhabiters of the land. And they said unto David, "Except thou take away the blind and the lame thou shalt not come in hither" - meaning thereby that David should not have come in thither. Nevertheless David took the hold of Zion, which is in the city of David. read more.
Then said David the same day, "Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, and getteth up to the gutters of the houses: smite the lame and the blind that hate David's soul." Wherefore they said, "The blind and the lame shall not come into the house." And David dwelt in the tower and called it the city of David. And David built round about it from Mello inward.