Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was City of David?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with City of David.

First appears in 2 Samuel 5:7 · 7 books · 35 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: City of David.

City of David is represented in the local geography layer as City of David. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Samuel 5:7 and is mentioned across 7 books, with 46 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 0 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 0 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 8 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to City of David today

Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.

City of David is approached here as a present-day map point rather than a speculative route guide. Use the coordinates and outbound map links to place the site inside its wider landscape.

City of David is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

City of David

31.774°N · 35.236°E

Key passages

Appears in

2 Chronicles

12 chapters · 15 verse mentions

1 Kings

8 chapters · 10 verse mentions

2 Kings

6 chapters · 7 verse mentions

2 Samuel

2 chapters · 5 verse mentions

1 Chronicles

3 chapters · 5 verse mentions

Nehemiah

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Isaiah

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions