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2 Samuel 5:9

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

8 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.

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

10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.

11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

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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.
KJV
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
WEB
David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.
ASV
And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
DARBY
So David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from the Millo and inward.
BLB
And David dwelt in the stronghold, and he called it the City of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.
ÅB
David tok sin bolig i borgen og kalte den Davids stad; og David bygget rundt omkring fra Milo og innover.
OTB
Så bodde David i borgen og kalte den Davids by. Og han bygde rundt omkring fra Millo og innover.
B1930
David tok sin bolig i borgen og kalte den Davids stad; og David bygget rundt omkring fra Milo og innover.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 2 Samuel 5:7

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 1 Chronicles 11:8

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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