2 Samuel 5 · Verse 9

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 5:9, King James Version

2 Samuel 5:9 in other translations

BSBSo 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.
WEBDavid lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.
ASVAnd David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
YLTAnd David dwelleth in the fortress, and calleth it--City of David, and David buildeth round about, from Millo and inward,
DARBYSo David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from the Millo and inward.
BBESo David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.
WebsterSo David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built around from Millo and inward.

What does 2 Samuel 5:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. David dwelt in the fort, &c.--Having taken it by storm, he changed its name to "the city of David," to signify the importance of the conquest, and to perpetuate the memory of the event. 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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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:6-10

The enemies of God's people are often very confident of their own strength, and most secure when their day to fall draws nigh. But the pride and insolence of the Jebusites animated David, and the Lord God of hosts was with him. Thus in the day of God's power, Satan's strong-hold, the human heart, is changed into a habitation of God through the Spirit, and into a throne on which the Son of David rules, and brings…

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2 Samuel 5:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֤שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he dweltH3427
דָּוִד֙da.VidDavidH1732
בַּמְּצֻדָ֔הba.me.tzu.Dahin the strongholdH4686
וַיִּקְרָא\־vai.yik.ra'-and he calledH7121
לָ֖הּlah<to> <the> it
עִ֣יר'ir[the] city ofH5892
דָּוִ֑דda.VidDavidH1732
וַיִּ֤בֶןvai.Yi.venand he builtH1129
דָּוִד֙da.VidDavidH1732
סָבִ֔יבsa.Vivround aboutH5439
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַמִּלּ֖וֹאha.mi.Lo'the MilloH4407
וָבָֽיְתָה\׃va.Va.ye.tahand [the] inside towardsH1004

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 5:9

  • 1 Kings 9:15

    And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

  • 1 Kings 9:24

    But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.

  • 2 Samuel 5:7

    Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:5

    Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

  • 1 Kings 11:27

    And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.

  • 1 Chronicles 11:8

    And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

  • Judges 9:20

    But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

  • Judges 9:6

    And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 5:8

    And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

  • 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 5:10

    And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.

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2 Samuel 5:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y David moró en la fortaleza, y púsole por nombre la Ciudad de David: y edificó alrededor, desde Millo para adentro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et David habita dans la forteresse, et l’appela ville de David; et David bâtit tout autour, depuis Millo vers l’intérieur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und David wohnte in der Burg, und er nannte sie Stadt Davids. Und David baute ringsum, von dem Millo an einwärts. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Habitavit autem David in arce, et vocavit eam civitatem David: et ædificavit per gyrum a Mello et intrinsecus.