City Of David

If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his City: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

• Covenant

And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the City.

Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the City for my sake.

Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the City of David.

• Fortifications
• Armies
• Jerusalem

So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the City of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the City of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the City of David with gladness.

• Family
• Women

And as the ark of the LORD came into the City of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

• Uncharitableness

And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the City, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

And the men of the City went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the City of waters.

• Stones

And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the City in great abundance.

And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the City with the edge of the sword.

The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the City. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

• Burial

So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David.

And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the City of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the City of David, which is Zion.

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no City out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the City of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.

And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the City of David his father.

(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the City which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)

And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the City of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.

And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the City of David.

For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.

So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this City out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this City for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

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.

• Royal
• Cities

And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the City of David.

So David brought not the ark home to himself to the City of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

And David made him houses in the City of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the City of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

• Stones

And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the City.

• Ark
• Colors
• Government

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the City of David, which is Zion. Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. read more Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: show less

• Holy
• Ark

And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the City of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.

And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the City of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

• Burial

And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the City of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

• Burial

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the City of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

• Burial
• Jehoiada
• Obedience

And they buried him in the City of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

• Burial

And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the City of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the City of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

Now after this he built a wall without the City of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

• Pool

But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the City of David.

And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the City of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

• Pool

Ye have seen also the breaches of the City of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

Then shall there enter into the gates of this City kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this City shall remain for ever.

Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this City, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the City of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the City of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

• Saviour

For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.