2 Samuel 5:7
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
2 Samuel 5:7 in other translations
| BSB | Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David). |
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| WEB | Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city. |
| ASV | Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David. |
| YLT | And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it is the city of David. |
| DARBY | But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David. |
| BBE | But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David. |
| Webster | Nevertheless, David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. |
What does 2 Samuel 5:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:6-10
The enemies of God's people are often very confident of their own strength, and most secure when their day to fall draws nigh. But the pride and insolence of the Jebusites animated David, and the Lord God of hosts was with him. Thus in the day of God's power, Satan's strong-hold, the human heart, is changed into a habitation of God through the Spirit, and into a throne on which the Son of David rules, and brings…
2 Samuel 5:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 5:7
- 1 Kings 2:10
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
- 2 Samuel 6:12
And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed–edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed–edom into the city of David with gladness.
- 2 Samuel 6:16
And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Chronicles 24:16
And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
- 2 Chronicles 5:2
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
- Psalms 2:6
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- Micah 4:2
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 5:9
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
- 1 Chronicles 11:7
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
- Romans 9:33
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
- Psalms 51:18
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 3:1
And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 5:6
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.
- 2 Samuel 5:7
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
- 2 Samuel 5:8
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.
2 Samuel 5:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Empero David tomó la fortaleza de Sión, la cual es la ciudad de David. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais David prit la forteresse de Sion: c’est la ville de David. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber David nahm die Burg Zion ein, das ist die Stadt Davids. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cepit autem David arcem Sion: hæc est civitas David. |