⁷ But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

¹⁰ Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.

¹⁶ And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

¹² And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.

¹³ For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.

⁶ Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.

²⁰ And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.

² And a number of nations will go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will give us knowledge of his ways and we will be guided by his word: for from Zion the law will go out, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

³³ As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

²² But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

¹ And I saw the Lamb on the mountain of Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand, marked on their brows with his name and the name of his Father.

² The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for all the tents of Jacob.

¹⁸ Do good to Zion in your good pleasure, building up the walls of Jerusalem.

¹⁰ So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

¹ Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter as his wife, keeping her in the town of David, till the house he was building for himself, and the house of the Lord and the wall round Jerusalem, were complete.

¹ Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to him in Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.

⁷ And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

² Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, all the chiefs of the tribes and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to Jerusalem and take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.

¹⁶ And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house.

⁶ But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.

¹¹ Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.

¹² Make your way about Zion, and go round it, numbering its towers.

⁹ So 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.