New English Translation
2 Samuel 5:7
7But David captured the fortress of Zion (that 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 for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. 6Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites said to David, “You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, ‘David cannot invade this place!’” But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the city of David). 8David said on that day, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the ‘lame’ and the ‘blind’ who are David’s enemies by going through the water tunnel.” For this reason it is said, “The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace.” 9So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.
Read all of 2 Samuel 52 Samuel 5:7 word by word
וַיִּלְכֹּ֣ד דָּוִ֔ד אֵ֖ת מְצֻדַ֣ת צִיּ֑וֹן הִ֖יא עִ֥יר דָּוִֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 5:7
- Psalms 2:6“I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
- Psalms 9:11Sing praises to the Lord, who rules in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done!
- Psalms 48:12Walk around Zion! Encircle it! Count its towers!
- Psalms 51:18Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!
- Psalms 87:2The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.
- Psalms 132:13Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.
- Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”
- Isaiah 59:20“A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” says the Lord.
- Micah 4:2Many nations will come, saying, “Come on! Let’s go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the temple of Jacob’s God, so he can teach us his commands and we can live by his laws.” For Zion will be the source of instruction; the Lord’s teachings will proceed from Jerusalem.
- Romans 9:33just as it is written, “Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
- Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly
- Revelation 14:1Then I looked, and here was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
- 2 Samuel 5:9So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.
- 2 Samuel 6:10So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
- 1 Kings 2:10Then David passed away and was buried in the city of David.
- 1 Kings 3:1Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he could finish building his residence and the temple 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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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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