Nave’s Topical Bible
Zion
58 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
(A stronghold of Jerusalem)
Also called SION
- Captured from the Jebusites by David
- Called thereafter "the city of David,"
2 Samuel 5:7,9; 2 Samuel 6:12,16; 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Chronicles 11:5,7; 1 Chronicles 15:1,29; 2 Chronicles 5:2
- The ark of the covenant
- Placed in
2 Samuel 6:12,16; 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Chronicles 15:1,29; 2 Chronicles 5:2
- Removed from, to Solomon's temple on Mount Moriah
- Placed in
- Collectively, the place, the forms, and the assemblies of Israelite worship
2 Kings 19:21,31; Psalms 9:11; Psalms 48:2,11-12; Psalms 74:2; Psalms 132:13; Psalms 137:1; Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 49:14; Isaiah 51:16; Isaiah 52:1-2,7-8; Isaiah 60:14; Isaiah 62:1,11; Jeremiah 31:6; Jeremiah 50:5; Lamentations 1:4; Joel 2:1,15; Matthew 21:5; John 12:15; Romans 9:33; Romans 11:26; 1 Peter 2:6
- Name of, applied to Jerusalem
Psalms 87:2,5; Psalms 149:2; Song of Songs 3:11; Isaiah 33:14,20; Jeremiah 9:19; Jeremiah 30:17; Zechariah 9:13
- Called the city of God
- Restoration of, promised
Isaiah 51:3,11,16; Isaiah 52:1-2,7-8; Isaiah 59:20; Isaiah 60:14; Obadiah 1:17-21; Zephaniah 3:14,16; Zechariah 1:14,17; Zechariah 2:7,10; Zechariah 8:2-3; Zechariah 9:9,13
- Name of, applied to the city of the redeemed
See CHURCH
See JERUSALEM
Bible verses about “Zion”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- 2 Samuel 5:6And 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 5:7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
- 2 Samuel 5:8And 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 5:9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
- 1 Chronicles 11:5And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
- 1 Chronicles 11:6And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
- 1 Chronicles 11:7And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
- 2 Samuel 6:12And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed–edom, 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 Obed–edom into the city of David with gladness.
- 2 Samuel 6:16And 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.
- 1 Kings 8:1Then 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 Chronicles 15:1And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
- 1 Chronicles 15:29And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Chronicles 5:2Then 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 3:1Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
- 2 Kings 19:31For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.
- Psalms 9:11Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
- Psalms 48:2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
- Psalms 48:11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
- Psalms 48:12Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
- Psalms 74:2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
- Psalms 132:13For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
- Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
- Isaiah 35:10And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- Isaiah 40:9O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
- Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
- Isaiah 51:16And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
- Isaiah 52:1Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
- Isaiah 52:2Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
- Isaiah 52:7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
- Isaiah 52:8Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
- Isaiah 60:14The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
- Isaiah 62:11Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
- Jeremiah 31:6For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God.
- Jeremiah 50:5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
- Lamentations 1:4The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
- Joel 2:1Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
- Joel 2:15Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
- Matthew 21:5Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.