1 Chronicles 11:5

David's Capture Of Jerusalem

⁴ Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (that is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there. ⁵ Then the Jebusites said to David, “You shall not come in here.” But David captured the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David). ⁶ Now David said, “Whoever strikes down a Jebusite first shall be chief and commander.” Joab the son of Zeruiah [David’s half sister] went up first, and so he was made chief.

City of David

David

Jebus

Jebusites

Zion

1 Samuel 17:9-10

If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall become our servants and serve us.”

1 Samuel 17:26

Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes the disgrace [of his taunting] from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he has taunted and defied the armies of the living God?”

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted and defied the armies of the living God.”

2 Samuel 5:9

So David lived in the stronghold and called it the City of David. And he built all around [the surrounding area] from the Millo [fortification] and inward.

2 Samuel 6:10

David was unwilling to move the ark of the Lord into the City of David with him; instead he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

2 Samuel 6:12

Now King David was told, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing and gladness.

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 lived in the stronghold; so it was called the City of David.

2 Chronicles 5:2

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

Psalm 2:6

“Yet as for Me, I have anointed and firmly 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 [great and wondrous] deeds.

Psalm 48:2

Fair and beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth,
Is Mount Zion [the City of David] in the far north,
The city of the great King.

Psalm 48:12-13

Walk about Zion, go all around her;
Count her towers,

Psalm 78:68

But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel’s leader],
Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital].

Psalm 87:2

The Lord loves the gates of Zion
More than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel).

Psalm 87:5

But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her,”
And the Most High Himself will establish her.

Psalm 122:5

For there the thrones of judgment were set,
The thrones of the house of David.

Psalm 125:1-2

Those who trust in and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation]
Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.

Psalm 132:13

For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His dwelling place:

Lamentations 4:11-12

The Lord has fulfilled His wrath;
He has poured out His fierce anger
And has kindled a fire in Zion
That has consumed her foundations.

Romans 9:33

As it is written and forever remains written,

“Behold I am laying in Zion a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense;
And he who believes in Him [whoever adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] will not be disappointed [in his expectations].”

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 [in festive gathering],

Revelation 14:1

Then I looked, and this is what I saw: the Lamb stood [firmly established] on Mount Zion, and with Him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had His name and His Father’s name inscribed on their foreheads [signifying God’s own possession].