2Sa 5:9, 6:10, 1Ki 2:10, 3:1, 8:1, 1Ch 11:7, 2Ch 5:2, 24:16 | ESV | STEP | And David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David . And David built the city all around from the Millo inward .

a[See ver. 7 above]

2 Samuel 5:9

9 And David lived in the stronghold and called it ^athe city of David. And David built the city all around from the ^bMillo inward.

2 Samuel 6:10

10 So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord into the city of David. But David took it aside ^cto the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

1 Kings 2:10

The Death of David

10 ^dThen David slept with his fathers and was buried in ^ethe city of David.

1 Kings 3:1

Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom

1 ^fSolomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her into ^gthe city of David until he had finished ^hbuilding his own house ⁱand the house of the Lord ^jand the wall around Jerusalem.

1 Kings 8:1

The Ark Brought into the Temple

1 ^kThen Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, ^lthe leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, ^mto bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of ⁿthe city of David, which is Zion.

1 Chronicles 11:7

7 And David lived in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David.

2 Chronicles 5:2

The Ark Brought to the Temple

2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of ^othe city of David, which is Zion.

2 Chronicles 24:16

16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.