Dict: easton - David, City of

easton:

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" ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:7). This was the name afterwards given to the castle and royal palace on Mount Zion, as distinguished from Jerusalem generally (kjvKings:3:1; 8:1), It was on the south-west side of Jerusalem, opposite the temple mount, with which it was connected by a bridge over the Tyropoeon valley.

(2) Bethlehem is called the "city of David" kjv@Luke:2:4 kjv@Luke:2:11), because it was David's birth-place and early home ( kjv@1Samuel:17:12).