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 to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: who spoke to David, saying, Except thou shalt 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, Whoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated by 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 around 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 English Revised Version 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.