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2 Samuel 5:9

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And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

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2 Samuel 5:9 in other translations

David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.

2 Samuel 5:9 · World English Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 in context

  1. 7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
  2. 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.
  3. 9And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
  4. 10And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah, the God of hosts, was with him.
  5. 11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.