2 Samuel
King James Version (KJV)
2 Samuel 5:7
“Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.”
King James Version (KJV)
2 Samuel 5:7 Context
4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. 6And 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. 7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. 8And 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. 9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. 10And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
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Translation Details for 2 Samuel 5:7
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
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Wesley's Notes for 2 Samuel 5:7
5:6 Cannot come - They confided in the strength of their fortifications, which they thought so impregnable, that the blind and the lame were sufficient to defend them, against the most powerful assailant. And probably they set a parcel of blind and lame people, invalids or maimed soldiers, to make their appearance on the wall, in contempt of David and his men.
5:8 To the gutter - That is, whosoever scaleth the fort, or getteth up to the top of it, where the gutter was. That are hated - The Jebusites, and the lame, and the blind, Who had probably themselves insulted him, and blasphemed God. He shall be - These words are fitly supplied out of #1Chron 11:6|, where they are expressed. They said &c. - That is, whence it became a proverb, or a common saying, used by David, and others, the blind and the lame Jebusites, were set to keep the house, that is, the fort of Zion; and to keep others from coming into it; but now they are shut out of it, and none of them, either of the Jebusites, or of blind and lame persons, shall be admitted to come into it again. Which David might ordain, to keep up the memory of this great exploit, and of the insolent carriage of the Jebusites.
5:9 Millo - Which seems to have been the town - hall or, state - house, near the wall of the city of Zion.
Neuerthelesse, Dauid tooke the strong hold of Zion: the same is the citie of Dauid.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is the city of David.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.
- Basic English Bible
But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.
- Darby Bible
Nevertheless, David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
- Webster's Bible
Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
- World English Bible
And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it [is] the city of David.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible