2 Samuel 5:9

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

"So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward." - 2 Samuel 5:9
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What does 2 Samuel 5:9 mean?

The Bible verse 2 Samuel 5:9 in the King James Version (KJV) reads, "So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward." This verse comes from the story of King David, who was the second king of Israel. It illustrates…

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Building His City: Finding Our Fortress in God

In the historical narrative of 2 Samuel 5:9, we find King David establishing his reign over a united Israel, building not just a physical city, but a legacy that reflects God's promises to His people. The verse reads: "So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David…

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A Prayer for Divine Establishment and Strength

O Sovereign Lord, our Creator and Sustainer, we come before You with humble hearts and reverent spirits, acknowledging Your supreme authority and power over all creation. As we reflect upon the story of David, the great king who was known after Your own heart, we turn our gaze…

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2 Samuel 5:9 - "So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward."
2 Samuel 9:5 - "¶ Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar."
2 Samuel 5:12
2 Samuel 11:9
2 Samuel 5:15 - "Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,"
2 Samuel 5:16 - "And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet."
"And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet." - 2 Samuel 5:16
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"¶ Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar." - 2 Samuel 9:5
2 Samuel 5:18 - "The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim."
2 Samuel 5:7 - "Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David."
2 Samuel 5:22 - "¶ And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim."
2 Samuel 5:21 - "And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them."
"Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia," - 2 Samuel 5:15
2 Samuel 5:10 - "And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him."
2 Samuel 5:4 - "¶ David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years."
2 Samuel 11:5 - "And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child."
2 Samuel 3:5 - "And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron."
2 Samuel 2:9 - "And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel."
1 Samuel 5:2 - "When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon."
2 Samuel 8:9 - "¶ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,"
2 Samuel 9:9 - "¶ Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house."
2 Samuel 6:9 - "And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?"
2 Samuel 15:9 - "And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron."
2 Samuel 5:5 - "In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah."
2 Samuel 22:5 - "When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;"
2 Samuel 5:14 - "And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,"
2 Samuel 5:25 - "And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer."