2 Samuel 5:7

In 11 translations

BSB

Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

KJV

Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

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.

LSV

And David captures the fortress of Zion, it [is] the City of David.

YLT

And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it [is] the city of David.

DBY

But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.

DRC

But David took the castle of Sion, the same is the city of David.

GNV

But Dauid tooke the fort of Zion: this is the citie of Dauid.

JPS

Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

LXXE

And David took first the hold of Sion: this is the city of David.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיִּלְכֹּ֣ד דָּוִ֔ד אֵ֖ת מְצֻדַ֣ת צִיּ֑וֹן הִ֖יא עִ֥יר דָּוִֽד׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ προκατελάβετο Δαυὶδ τὴν περιοχὴν Σιών· αὕτη ἡ πόλις τοῦ Δαυίδ.

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• 1 Kings 2:10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
• 2 Samuel 6:16As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
• 2 Samuel 6:12Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into…
• Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
• Hebrews 12:22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
• 2 Samuel 5:9So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
• 1 Kings 8:1At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
• 2 Chronicles 5:2At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
• Psalms 51:18In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 59:20“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.
• 1 Kings 3:1Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall…
• Psalms 87:2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
• Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
• 2 Samuel 6:10So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
• Psalms 48:12March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
• Romans 9:33as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

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