THEOSIS2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 5:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And David dwelt in the castle, and called it, The city of David: and built round about from Mello and inwards.
וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב דָּוִד֙ בַּמְּצֻדָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָא־לָ֖הּ עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּ֤בֶן דָּוִד֙ סָבִ֔יב מִן־הַמִּלּ֖וֹא וָבָֽיְתָה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Chr 32:5He built up also with great diligence all the wall that had been broken down, and built towers upon it, and another wall without: and he repaired Mello in the city of David, and made all sorts of arms and shields:
- 2 Sam 5:7But David took the castle of Sion, the same is the city of David.
- Judg 9:20But if unjustly: let fire come out from him, and consume the inhabitants of Sichem, and the town of Mello: and let fire come out from the men of Sichem and from the town of Mello, and devour Abimelech.
- 1 Chr 11:8And he built the city round about from Mello all round, and Joab built the rest of the city.
- Judg 9:6And all the men of Sichem were gathered together, and all the families of the city of Mello: and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak that stood in Sichem.