"So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward." — 2 Samuel 5:9

2 Samuel 5:9 · KJV

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

— 2 Samuel 5:9

And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, {that are} hated of David's soul, {he shall be chief and captain}. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. {Wherefore...: or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame, He shall not}

Verse 10

And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts {was} with him. {went...: Heb. went, going and growing}

2 Samuel 5 — Context

Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same {is} the city of David.

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

And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts {was} with him. {went...: Heb. went, going and growing}

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. {masons: Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall}

Cross References

1 Kings 9:15

And this {is} the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

1 Kings 9:24

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.

2 Samuel 5:7

Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same {is} the city of David.

2 Chronicles 32:5

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. {darts: or, swords, or, weapons}

1 Kings 11:27

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. {repaired: Heb. closed}

Judges 9:20

But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

1 Chronicles 11:8

And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. {repaired: Heb. revived}

Judges 9:6

And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that {was} in Shechem. {plain: or, oak}

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