⁷ Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, which is now the city of David.

⁹ David occupied the stronghold and named it the city of David. David built the city all around from the Millo inward.^(A)

¹⁷ They brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being before the Lord.^(A)

The Ark Brought into the Temple

² Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the ancestral houses of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.^(A)