2 Samuel 5:9 BSB — MannaFest

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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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The church is called Sion, and the city of the living God. The Jebusites, Christ's enemies, must first be conquered and dispossessed, the blind and the lame taken away, and then Christ divides the spoil, sets up his throne there, and makes it his residence by the Spirit.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב	vai.Ye.shev	and he dwelt	H3427 →
דָּוִד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
בַּמְּצֻדָ֔ה	ba.me.tzu.Dah	in the stronghold	H4686 →
וַיִּקְרָא־	vai.yik.ra'-	and he called	H7121 →
לָ֖הּ	lah	<to> <the> it
עִ֣יר	'ir	[the] city of	H5892 →
דָּוִ֑ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וַיִּ֤בֶן	vai.Yi.ven	and he built	H1129 →
דָּוִד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
סָבִ֔יב	sa.Viv	round about	H5439 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַמִּלּ֖וֹא	ha.mi.Lo'	the Millo	H4407 →
וָבָֽיְתָה׃	va.Va.ye.tah	and [the] inside towards	H1004 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
1 Kings 11:27
and 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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 9:24
  As 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.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Kings 9:24
As 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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 7:8
  And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
- 1 Kings 11:27
  and 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 32:5
  Then 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…
Through
1 Kings 9:15
This 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,…
leads to
- Joshua 17:11
  Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
- 1 Kings 5:13
  Then King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
- Joshua 11:1
  Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;
Through
2 Chronicles 32:5
Then 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…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 25:23
  There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from…

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Where the connections lead

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