Zion

How Nave’s arranged it

• (A stronghold of Jerusalem)
• Also called SION
• Captured from the Jebusites by David2 Samuel 5:6–91 Chronicles 11:5–7
• Called thereafter "the city of David,"2 Samuel 5:72 Samuel 5:92 Samuel 6:122 Samuel 6:161 Kings 8:11 Chronicles 11:51 Chronicles 11:71 Chronicles 15:11 Chronicles 15:292 Chronicles 5:2
• The ark of the covenant
• Placed in2 Samuel 6:122 Samuel 6:161 Kings 8:11 Chronicles 15:11 Chronicles 15:292 Chronicles 5:2
• Removed from, to Solomon' s temple on Mount Moriah with 3:11 Kings 8:12 Chronicles 5:2
• Collectively, the place, the forms, and the assemblies of Israelite worship2 Kings 19:212 Kings 19:31Psalms 9:11Psalms 48:2Psalms 48:11Psalms 48:12Psalms 74:2Psalms 132:13Psalms 137:1Isaiah 35:10Isaiah 40:9Isaiah 49:14Isaiah 51:16Isaiah 52:1Isaiah 52:2Isaiah 52:7Isaiah 52:8Isaiah 60:14Isaiah 62:1Isaiah 62:11
• Name of, applied to Jerusalem So 3:11Psalms 87:2Psalms 87:5Psalms 149:2Isaiah 33:14Isaiah 33:20Jeremiah 9:19Jeremiah 30:17Zechariah 9:13
• Called the city of GodPsalms 87:2Psalms 87:3Isaiah 60:14
• Restoration of, promisedIsaiah 51:3Isaiah 51:11Isaiah 51:16Isaiah 52:1Isaiah 52:2Isaiah 52:7Isaiah 52:8Isaiah 59:20Isaiah 60:14Obadiah 1:17–21Zephaniah 3:14Zephaniah 3:16Zechariah 1:14Zechariah 1:17Zechariah 2:7Zechariah 2:10Zechariah 8:2Zechariah 8:3Zechariah 9:9Zechariah 9:13
• Name of, applied to the city of the redeemedHebrews 12:22Revelation 14:1

The passages, in Bible order (65)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 2 Samuel 5:6–9

   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.”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:6–92 voices

   “And the king and his men went to Jerusalem,....

   “The king and his men went to Jerusalem - This city was now in the hands of the Jebusites; but how they got possession of it is not known, probably they took it during the wars between Ish-bosheth and David. After Joshua’s death, what is called the lower city was taken by the Israelites; and it is evident that the whole city was in their possession in the time of Saul, for David brought the head of Goliath thither, 1Sa 17:54. It appears to have been a very strong fortress, and, from what follows, deemed impregnable by the Jebusites.

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2. 2 Samuel 5:7

   Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

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   “Nevertheless, David took the strong hold of Zion,.... A fortress without the city, and separate from it, and which was very strong; and the taking it might facilitate the taking of the city, which yet as appears by what follows, was very difficult to do: the same is the city of David; it was afterwards so called, where he built an house, and dwelt.

   “The stronghold of Zion - Or castle 1Ch 11:5, 1Ch 11:7. The ancient Zion was the hill on which the temple stood, and the castle seems to have been immediately to the north of the temple. The modern Zion lies to the southwest of the temple. The same is the city of David - The name afterward given to it 2Sa 5:9, and by which it was known in the writer’s time.

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3. 2 Samuel 5:9

   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.

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   “So David dwelt in the fort,.... The strong hold of Zion, which he took: and called it the city of David; from his own name, to keep up the memory of his taking it, and of his habitation in it: and David built round about, from Millo and inward; built a wall about it, and enlarged the place, increased the buildings both within and without.

   “David dwelt in the fort - or stronghold, (as in 2Sa 5:7) i. e. eventually, when the buildings were completed, which may not have been for two or three years. Millo appears to have been a fortress of some kind, the northern defense of the city of David, and to have been a part of the original Canaanite defenses of Zion, as appears probable also from there having been a fortress called the house of Millo in the Canaanite city of Shechem. (Jdg 9:6 note, and 2Sa 9:1-13:20.) Millo may be the native name.

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4. 2 Samuel 6:12

   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.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 6:122 voices

   “And it was told King David,....

   “So David - brought up the ark - The Vulgate adds to this verse: And David had seven choirs, and a calf for a sacrifice. The Septuagint make a greater addition: “And he had seven choirs carrying the ark, a sacrifice, a calf, and lambs.

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5. 2 Samuel 6:16

   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.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 6:162 voices

   “But even the dancing of the body is considered praiseworthy in honor of God. In fact, David danced before the Ark of the Lord and Michal, the daughter of Saul, saw him dancing and playing musical instruments in the presence of the Lord. After he returned home, she said to him, 'How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today! He has exposed himself in the sight of the maidservants of his servants, as one of the rabble might shamelessly expose himself!'

   “And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David,.... Being brought thither on the shoulders of the Levites: Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window; in the king's palace, to see the procession, which was very grand, and in great pomp, attended by a vast number of people, and with music of all sorts.

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6. 1 Kings 8:1

   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.

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   “The two weeks [of festivity] and the two solemn celebrations were accomplished by the people of the Lord with the greatest joy. The former prefigured the festivals of our church, which Christ began with the mystical dedication of his temple and the transferring of the …

   “Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel,....

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7. 2 Kings 19:21

   This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

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   “Concerning him - i. e., “concerning Sennacherib.” 2Ki 19:21-28 are addressed to the great Assyrian monarch himself, and are God’s reply to his proud boastings. The virgin, the daughter of Zion, - Rather, holy eastern city, is here distinguished from Jerusalem, the western one, and is given the remarkable epithet “virgin,” which is not applied to her sister; probably because the true Zion, the city of David, had remained inviolable from David’s time, having never been entered by an enemy. Jerusalem, on the other hand, had been taken, both by Shishak 1Ki 14:26 and by Jehoash 2Ki 14:

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8. 2 Kings 19:31

   For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

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   “Out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant - The Jews shall be so multiplied as not only to fill Jerusalem, but all the adjacent country. And they that escape out of Mount Zion - Some think that this refers to the going forth of the apostles to the Gentile world, and converting the nations by the preaching of the Gospel.

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9. 1 Chronicles 11:5–7

   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).

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   “You have a great intellect and an inexhaustible store of language, your diction is fluent and pure, your fluency and purity are mingled with wisdom. Your head is clear and all your senses keen. Were you to add to this wisdom and eloquence a careful study and knowledge of Scripture, I should soon see you holding our citadel against all comers; you would go up with Joab on the roof of Zion and sing on the housetops what you had learned in the secret chambers.

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10. 1 Chronicles 11:7

    So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.

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11. 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.

    ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:12 voices

    “And David made him houses in the city of David,.... With the help of the masons and carpenters Hiram sent him, 1Ch 14:1, the royal palace is meant, with all the apartments in it, which were many and large, as so great a family he had required, and with all the out houses to it necessary for his servants, and their offices: and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent; see 2Sa 6:17.

    “And pitched for it a tent - The old “tent” or “tabernacle” was still in existence at Gibeon 1Ch 16:39; 2Ch 1:3; but the ark had long been separated from it, and David probably thought that something newer and more magnificent was requisite. He therefore allowed the former tabernacle to keep its place, and had another made and erected.

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12. 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.

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    “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,.... Of the palace, to see the procession, see 2Sa 6:16 where not only this circumstance is related, and the inward contempt she had David in, because of his behaviour, but also what she said, and what David returned in answer to it.

    “Michal - saw - David dancing - and she despised him - See this whole business explained 2Sa 6:20 (note), etc., where David’s conduct is vindicated, and the nature of Michal’s disgrace and punishment hinted at, but all left to the reader’s determination.

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13. 2 Chronicles 5:2

    At that time Solomon assembled 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.

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14. Psalms 9:11

    Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

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    “Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion,....

    “Sing praises to the Lord - As the result of these views of his character, and at the remembrance of his doings. The heart of the psalmist is full of exultation and joy at the remembrance of the divine interposition, and he naturally breaks out into these strong expressions, calling on others to rejoice also. Which dwelleth in Zion - On the word Zion, see the notes at Psa 2:6. Compare Psa 3:4; Psa 5:

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15. Psalms 48:2

    Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 48:22 voices

    “Ver. 2. Beautiful for situation. Jerusalem was so naturally, she was styled the Queen of the East; the church is so spiritually, being placed near God's heart, within the mountain of his power, upon the hills of his faithfulness, in the centre of providential operations. The elevation of the church is her beauty. The more she is above the world the fairer she is. The joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion. Jerusalem was the world's star; whatever light lingered on earth was borrowed from the oracles preserved by Israel.

    “Truly the Lord is called great. For consider, he has poured exaltation and joy over all the orb of this earth where previously the land produced the most dreadful growth of sin; he has made joyful the earth that once abounded in sorrow, tears and groans. Now our conscience is set free from sin and can rejoice. Before this it was unhappy, it was drowned in the whirlpool of its own sin; but now, through the goodness and kindness of Christ, it is absolved from all error.

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16. Psalms 48:11

    Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.

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    “Ver. 11. Let mount Zion rejoice. As the first of the cities of Judah, and the main object of the enemies' attack, let her lead the song. Let the daughters of Judah be glad, let the smaller towns join the chorus, for they join in the common victory. Let the women, who fare worst in the havoc of war, be among the gladdest of the glad, now that the spoilers have fled. All the church, and each individual member, should rejoice in the Lord, and magnify his name. Because of thy judgments.

    “Let Mount Zion rejoice; let the church rejoice; the daughters of Judah rejoice. You have judged all the spirits from the womb of the church, so that you may yoke the devil and may free the souls of people. Now, O freed spirits, encompass your …

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