2 Samuel 5:9

WEB

⁹David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.

KJV

⁹So David^[+] dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

BSB

⁹So 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.

FBV

⁹^[+] David went and lived in the fortress, and named it The City of David. He extended it in all directions, starting from the outer supporting terraces and moving inwards.

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1 Kings 9:15

¹⁵This is the reason of the forced labor which King Solomon conscripted: to build the LORD’s house, his own house, Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

1 Kings 9:24

²⁴But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of David’s city to her house which Solomon had built for her. Then he built Millo.

2 Samuel 5:7

⁷Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city.

2 Chronicles 32:5

⁵He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

1 Kings 11:27

²⁷This was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breach of his father David’s city.

1 Chronicles 11:8

⁸He built the city all around, from Millo even around; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

Judges 9:20

²⁰but 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

⁶All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together with all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.