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 5:6–91 voice

   “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).

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:72 voices

   “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.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:92 voices

   “David built round about from Millo and inward--probably a row of stone bastions placed on the northern side of Mount Zion, and built by David to secure himself on that side from the Jebusites, who still lived in the lower part of the city. The house of Millo was perhaps the principal corner tower of that fortified wall.

   “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

   “It was transported now on the shoulders of the priests, who had been carefully prepared for the work, and the procession was distinguished by extraordinary solemnities and demonstrations of joy.

   “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!'

   “She despised him in her heart - She did not blame him outwardly; she thought he had disgraced himself, but she kept her mind to herself.

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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.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 8:12 voices

   “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 …

   “There seems to be a contrast here between the more popular proceedings of David 2Sa 6:1, and the statelier system of his son, who merely summons the chief men as representatives of the nation. The rest of the people “assembled themselves” 1Ki 8:2, and were mere spectators of the solemnity.

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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.

   ›Commentary on 2 Kings 19:211 voice

   “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.

   “Great destruction had been made both in city and country, bit in both there was a remnant that escaped, which typified the saved remnant of Israelites indeed (as appears by comparing Isa. x. 22, 23 , which speaks of this very event, with Rom. ix. 27, 28 ), and they shall go forth into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

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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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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

    “The old tabernacle, which Moses had constructed in the wilderness and which had hitherto served the purpose of a sacred covering, was to be left at Gibeon, either because of the unwillingness of the inhabitants to part with such a venerable relic, or because there was no use for it in Jerusalem, where a more solid and sumptuous edifice was contemplated.

    “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.

    ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:291 voice

    “David dancing and playing--His movements would be slow and solemn, suitable to the grave and solemn character of the music. Though his royal robes were laid aside, he was attired like the other officials, showing a becoming humility in the immediate presence of God.

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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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    “As the special residence of his glory is in heaven, so the special residence of his grace is in his church, of which Zion was a type. There he meets his people with his promises and graces, and there he expects they should meet him with their praises and services.

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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

    “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.

    “The joy - This is spoken prophetically, because the joyful doctrine of the gospel was to go from thence to all nations. The city - Of God, who justly calls himself a great king.

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16. Psalms 48:11

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

    ›Commentary on Psalms 48:111 voice

    “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.

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