What the Bible says about

Zion

67 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

“Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.””
2 Samuel 5:6-9 BSB
“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 11:5-7 BSB
“Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).”
2 Samuel 5:7 BSB
“So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.”
2 Samuel 5:9 BSB
“Now it was reported to King David, “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 had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.”
2 Samuel 6:12 BSB
“As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.”
2 Samuel 6:16 BSB
“At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.”
1 Kings 8:1 BSB
“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 11:5 BSB
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