2 Samuel 5:9

In 11 translations

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.Hebrew the Millo

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.

LSV

And David dwells in the fortress, and calls it the City of David, and David builds all around, from Millo and inward,

YLT

And David dwelleth in the fortress, and calleth it — City of David, and David buildeth round about, from Millo and inward,

DBY

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

DRC

And David dwelt in the castle, and called it, The city of David: and built round about from Mello and inwards.

GNV

So Dauid dwelt in that forte, and called it the citie of Dauid, and Dauid built rounde about it, from Millo, and inward.

JPS

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

LXXE

And David dwelt in the hold, and it was called the city of David, and he built the city itself round about from the citadel, and he built his own house.

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WLC

וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב דָּוִד֙ בַּמְּצֻדָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָא־לָ֖הּ עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּ֤בֶן דָּוִד֙ סָבִ֔יב מִן־הַמִּלּ֖וֹא וָבָֽיְתָה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐκάθισε Δαυὶδ ἐν τῇ περιοχῇ, καὶ ἐκλήθη αὕτη ἡ πόλις Δαυίδ· καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν αὐτὴν πόλιν κύκλῳ ἀπὸ τῆς ἄκρας, καὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ.

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• 1 Kings 9:15This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
• 1 Kings 9:24As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
• 2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
• 1 Kings 11:27and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.
• 2 Chronicles 32:5Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an…
• 1 Chronicles 11:8He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
• Judges 9:20But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”
• Judges 9:6Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.

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