7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
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So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-10)If Salem, the place of which Melchizedec was king, was Jerusalem (as seems probable from Ps. 76:2), it was famous in Abraham’s time. Joshua, in his time, found it the chief city of the south part of Canaan, Josh. 10:1-3. It fell to Benjamin’s lot (Josh. 18:28), but joined close to Judah’s, Josh. 15:8. The children of Judah had taken it (Jdg. 1:8), but the children of Benjamin suffered the Jebusite…
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