2 Samuel 5:7

American Standard Version

Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

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2 Samuel 5:7 in other translations

Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city.

2 Samuel 5:7 · World English Bible

2 Samuel 5:7 in context

  1. 5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
  2. 6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who 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.
  3. 7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
  4. 8And David said on that day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and smite the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul. Wherefore they say, There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house.
  5. 9And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.