1 Chronicles 11:7

And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
David	דָּוִ֖יד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
dwelt	וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev	H3427	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
castle	בַּמְצָ֑ד bam.Tzad	H4679	a fastness (as a covert of ambush) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
called	קָרְאוּ ka.re.'u-	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
city	עִ֥יר 'ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common feminine singular construct
David	דָּוִֽיד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Samuel 5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
1 Chronicles 11:5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of Dav…
Psalms 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 11:1-9

David is here brought to the possession. I. Of the throne of Israel, after he had reigned seven years in Hebron, over Judah only. In consideration of his relation to them (Ch1 11:1), his former good services, and especially the divine designation (Ch1 11:2), they anointed him their king: he covenanted to protect them, and they to bear faith and true allegiance to him, Ch1 11:3. Observe, 1. God's counsels will be fulfilled at last, whatever difficulties lie in the way. If God had said, David shall rule, it is in vain to oppose it. 2. Men that have long stood in their own light, when they have long wearied themselves with their lying vanities, it is to be hoped, will understand the things that…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 11:4

HE WINS THE CASTLE OF ZION FROM THE JEBUSITES BY JOAB'S VALOR. (Ch1 11:4-9) David and all Israel went to . . . Jebus--(See on Sa2 5:6).

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 11:1

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David - See Sa2 5:1-10 (note), for the history contained in the first nine verses of this chapter, and the notes there.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 11:4-9

David’s conquest and rebuilding of Jerusalem established it as the capital city of his reign over all Israel.

Rashi on 1 Chronicles 11:5

And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You shall not come here” He does not explain here why, but in Samuel (II 5:6), Scripture explains: “... and they said to David, saying: You shall not come here unless you remove the blind and the lame.” They saw that they were unable to withstand David. They therefore stationed blind and lame persons before the city gate, “as if to say: David shall not come here,” unless he wages war with these blind people, for they knew that it is disgraceful for a king to wage war against blind men, and because of this, he would turn back and not wage war with them. David said to himself, however, “It is true that it is neither right nor proper for me to wage w…

Dictionary and topics

Castle — A military fortress (1 Chr. 11:7), also probably a kind of tower used by the priests for making known anything discovered at a distance (1 Chr. 6:54). Castles are also mentioned (Gen. 25:16) as a…
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
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 Chr. 11:7). This was the name afterwards given to the castle and royal palace…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Castle · A tower — A tower
Cities · .Royal — .Royal
Zion · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).