New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Samuel 5:7
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
5At Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. 6Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they said to David, “You shall not come in here, but even those who are blind and those who limp will turn you away,” thinking, “David cannot enter here.” Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David. 8And David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites is to reach those who limp and those who are blind, who are hated by David’s soul, through the water tunnel.” For that reason they say, “People who are blind and people who limp shall not come into the house.” 9So David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the 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 2:6“But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
- Psalms 9:11Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion; Declare His deeds among the peoples.
- Psalms 48:12Walk around Zion and encircle her; Count her towers;
- Psalms 51:18By Your favor do good to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem.
- Psalms 87:2The Lord loves the gates of Zion More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.
- Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it as His dwelling place.
- Isaiah 12:6Rejoice and shout for joy, you inhabitant of Zion, For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 59:20“A Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those in Jacob who turn from wrongdoing,” declares the Lord.
- Micah 4:2Many nations will come and say, “Come and let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord And to the house of the God of Jacob, So that He may teach us about His ways, And that we may walk in His paths.” For from Zion will go forth the law, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
- Romans 9:33just as it is written: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, And the one who believes in Him will not be put to shame.”
- Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
- Revelation 14:1Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads.
- 2 Samuel 5:9So David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.
- 2 Samuel 6:10And David was unwilling to move the ark of the Lord into the city of David with him; but David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom, the Gittite.
- 1 Kings 2:10Then David lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David.
- 1 Kings 3:1Now Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem.
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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Notes
- 1. 2 Samuel 5:7 2 Sam 6:12, 16; 1 Kin 2:10; 9:24 ↩
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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