2 Samuel 5:9 Meaning and Explanation
“So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.”
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Read Full Chapter →David settles in the captured stronghold, names it the city of David, and begins to build it up.
What Does 2 Samuel 5:9 Mean?
Having taken Zion, David makes it his home and his capital, giving it his own name. He begins to build, fortifying and expanding the city outward from the Millo, turning a conquered fortress into the established center of his kingdom.
A king does not merely seize a place; he builds it, dwells in it, and makes it his own. David's labor on the city pictures the patient work of establishing what God has given. The city of David would become the place where the temple rose and where the promise of an everlasting throne took root, a foreshadowing of the King who builds a dwelling for His people that shall not be shaken.
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What does 2 Samuel 5:9 mean?
David settles in the captured stronghold, names it the city of David, and begins to build it up.