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1 Chronicles 11:7

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 1 Chronicles 11:7 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And David dwelled in the stronghold, therefore they called to it the City of David.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And David dwelt in the strong hold; therefore they called it the city of David.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And Dauid dwelt in the tower: therefore they called it the citie of Dauid.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And David dwelt in the castle, and therefore it was called the city of David.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    And David dwelleth in the fortress, therefore they have called it, `City of David;'
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And David dwells in the fortress, therefore they have called it the City of David;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Then David began to live in the stronghold. So they called it the city of David.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And David dwelled in the stronghold, therefore they called to it the City of David.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it David’s city.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it, The city of David.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    David decided to live in the fortress, which is why they named it after him the City of David.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.

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Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is בַּמְצָ֑ד stronghold H4679 — appearing just 10 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

בַּמְצָ֑ד stronghold H4679 occurs in 10 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 4 nouns
  • 2 prepositions
  • 1 particle

Verb forms

  • וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב Qal · Sequential Imperfect
  • קָרְאוּ Qal · Perfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • דָּוִ֖יד David H1732 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 13 words from the Hebrew and 15 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 9 Hebrew tokens and 12 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

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Topical passages linked to 1 Chronicles 11:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 5:7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
  • 1 Chronicles 11:5 The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, You shall not come in here. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
  • Psalms 2:6 "Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion."

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 1 Chronicles 11:7 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב דָּוִ֖יד בַּמְצָ֑ד עַל כֵּ֥ן קָרְאוּ ל֖וֹ עִ֥יר דָּוִֽיד

David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 1 Chronicles 11:7 Septuagint · lemma form

καί καταἵζω δαυίδ ἐν ὁ περιοχή διά οὗτος καλέω αὐτός πόλις δαυίδ

And David lived in the strong hold; therefore he called it the city of David.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 1 Chronicles 11:7 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

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

Ver. 7. And David dwelt in the castle.] Herein he became a type of Christ, who subdueth all our enemies, and openeth unto us the heavenly Jerusalem.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(7) Castle.—Stronghold, fastness. (Comp. 2Sa_5:7.) In 1Ch_11:5 the form is meçûdâh, here it is the rare masculine form, meçâd: comp. Ar. maçâd, cacumen montis.

They called it.—Samuel (Hebrew), “one called it;” both in a general sense.

City.—Comp. Greek, polis = acropolis.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

7. the castle] R.V. the strong hold (as in 1Ch_11:5).

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

The city of David.

Hitherto the city which crowned the height overlooking the Kedren valley was known as Jebus, and was held by the "people of the land." But from this time forth it was known as "the city of David," and its stronghold, Zion, with Mille and the adjacent quarters, constituted the famous and historical capital of the united kingdom Jerusalem. Observe the significant name here given to it. Jerusalem was called "the city of David because it was

I THE TROPHY OF DAVID"S VALOUR. It was his prowess and that of his captain, Joab, that wrested the stronghold from the hands of the heathen.

II THE STRUCTURE OF DAVID"S REGAL MAGNIFICENCE AND WARLIKE STRATEGY, Probably before this time it was nothing but a primitive fortress, strongly placed upon rocky heights. But David "built the city round about," and "Joab repaired the rest of the city." Henceforth "Jerusalem was a city compact together.

III THE SCENE OF DAVID"S REIGN. Hebron was too far south to be a suitable capital for the united kingdom. Nature made Jerusalem for a metropolis. Here the king lived and ruled, prospered, sinned, suffered, and died.

IV THE SEAT OF DAVID"S LINE. His son Solomon and the successive occupants of the throne of Judah held sway in this city, and some of them added to its splendour and its strength. Amidst its varying fortunes, its sieges, its dismantlements, its rebuildings, its festivities, Jerusalem retained the imperishable interest conferred by its association with the great founder of the Hebrew monarchy and dynasty. It was itself a memorial of its founder"s name and life.

V THE SCENE OF THE MINISTRY AND OF THE SEPULTURE OF DAVID"S SON AND LORD. Many of our Saviour"s miracles were performed, many of Christ"s discourses were delivered, in Jerusalem. It was over this city that Jesus wept; it was this city that Jesus entered in his lowly triumph; it was in this city that he died, for "it could not be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem;" and after our Lord"s ascension, when his apostles preached his gospel, they were instructed to do so, "beginning at Jerusalem.

VI IN ITS DESOLATION AND DESTRUCTION IT FURNISHED AN EXAMPLE OF RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE EXECUTED ON DAVID"S POSTERITY. David"s nation rejected David"s Lord, and, according to his own prediction, their unbelief involved their metropolis in ruin.

It moves me, Romans! It confounds the counsel of my firm philosophy, That ruin"s merciless ploughshare should pass o"er And barren salt be sown on yon proud city!

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The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

He built the city all around ... Joab restored the rest of the city

The word "he" refers to David. The reader should understand that David and Joab were probably in charge of other men who made the fortifications. (See: Metonymy)

the Millo

This likely refers to a terraced structure that consisted of retaining walls with dirt filled in behind them. (See: Translate Unknowns)

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life

Yahweh of hosts

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Lesson kit

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1 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 9 words (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is mᵉtsad (“stronghold”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “stronghold” (mᵉtsad) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. Judges 6:2 shares the word «stronghold» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “David” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  5. The verb «וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
  6. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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