American Standard Version
2 Samuel 5:7
7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
2 Samuel 5:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
- New International Version (NIV)Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion—which is the City of David.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David).
Context of 2 Samuel 5:7
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 against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who 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. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David. 8And 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. 9And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
Read all of 2 Samuel 52 Samuel 5:7 word by word
וַיִּלְכֹּ֣ד דָּוִ֔ד אֵ֖ת מְצֻדַ֣ת צִיּ֑וֹן הִ֖יא עִ֥יר דָּוִֽד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 5:7
- Psalms 2:6Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
- Psalms 9:11Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.
- Psalms 48:12Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number the towers thereof;
- Psalms 51:18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
- Psalms 87:2Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Psalms 132:13For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.
- Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 59:20And a Redeemer will come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith Jehovah.
- Micah 4:2And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, 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 out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;
- Romans 9:33even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
- Hebrews 12:22but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,
- Revelation 14:1And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
- 2 Samuel 5:9And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
- 2 Samuel 6:10So David would not remove the ark of Jehovah unto him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
- 1 Kings 2:10And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
- 1 Kings 3:1And 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 Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 5:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The stronghold of Zion - Or castle 1 Chronicles 11:5, 1 Chronicles 11:7. The ancient Zion was the hill on which the temple stood, and the castle seems to have been immediately to the north of the temple. The modern Zion lies to the southwest of the temple. The same is the city of David - The name afterward given to it 2 Samuel 5:9, and by which it was known in the writer‘s time.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-10Verses 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 every thought into obedience to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The fortress of Zion: At this time, Jerusalem was probably a small settlement, covering about nine to twelve square acres. The pride of the Jebusites, together with the fact that no one had captured the city before, suggests that Jerusalem had strong defenses and was well protected.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. the stronghold of Zion--Whether Zion be the southwestern hill commonly so-called, or the peak now level on the north of the temple mount, it is the towering height which catches the eye from every quarter--"the hill fort," "the rocky hold" of Jerusalem.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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