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 months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto 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 getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul, [he shall be chief and captain.] Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

9 So David dwelt in the fort, 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 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 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.