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


In Context

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

5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six mouths: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and 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: which 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.

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

8 And 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.

9 And David dwelt in the strong hold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7But David took the stronghold of Zion, which 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.