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David, City of

(1.) David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He “dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David” (1 Chr. 11:7). This was the name afterwards given to the castle and royal palace on Mount Zion, as distinguished from Jerusalem generally (1 Kings 3:1; 8:1), It was on the south-west side of Jerusalem, opposite the temple mount, with which it was connected by a bridge over the Tyropoeon valley.

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(2) Bethlehem is called the “city of David” (Luke 2:4, 11), because it was David’s birth-place and early home (1 Sam. 17:12).

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Verses where David, City of is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

1 Chronicles 11:5
The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
1 Chronicles 11:7
So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.
1 Chronicles 13:13
So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
1 Chronicles 15:1
David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
1 Chronicles 15:29
As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
1 Kings 2:10
Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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