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David, City of: 1. David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He
"dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David"
(1 Chronicles 11:7)
This was the name afterwards given to the castle and royal
palace on Mount Zion, as distinguished from Jerusalem generally
(1 Kings 3:1; 8:1) It was on the south-west side of Jerusalem,
opposite the temple mount, with which it was connected by a
bridge over the Tyropoeon valley.
2. Bethlehem is called the "city of David"
(Luke 2:4,11) because it
was David's birth-place and early home
(1 Samuel 17:12)
