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


In Context

4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.

5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they spoke to David, saying, Thou shalt not come in hither, but the blind and the lame will drive thee back; as much as to say, David will not come in hither.

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

8 And David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites and gets up to the watercourse, and the lame and the blind hated of David's soul ...! Therefore they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

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

2 Samuel 5:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion, the City of David.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same [is] the city of David.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:7But David took the castle of Sion, the same is the city of David.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Nevertheless, David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it is the city of David.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.