David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.(2 Samuel 5:4)

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.(2 Samuel 5:5)

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.(2 Samuel 5:6)

Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.(2 Samuel 5:8)

So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.(2 Samuel 5:9)

And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.(2 Samuel 5:10)

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2 Samuel 5:7 - Cross Reference

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. (1 Kings 8:1)

And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. (1 Kings 3:1)

So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. (2 Samuel 6:10)

Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. (Isaiah 12:6)

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, (Hebrews 12:22)

And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house. (2 Chronicles 24:16)

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. (Psalm 2:6)

Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. (Psalm 9:11)

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. (Psalm 51:18)

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. (2 Samuel 6:12)

And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David. (1 Chronicles 11:7)

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. (Psalm 87:2)

Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. (Psalm 48:12)

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. (2 Chronicles 5:2)

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. (2 Samuel 6:16)

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. (Revelation 14:1)

As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (Romans 9:33)

And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. (Micah 4:2)

So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. (2 Samuel 5:9)

For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. (Psalm 132:13)

And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. (Isaiah 59:20)

So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. (1 Kings 2:10)