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2 Samuel 5:7

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5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

6 Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”

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

8 On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”

9 So 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.

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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.
DARBY
But David took the stronghold of Zion, which is the city of David.
BLB
And David took the stronghold of Zion (that [is], the City of David).
ÅB
Men David inntok allikevel Sions borg, det er Davids stad.
OTB
Likevel, David erobret Sions borg, som er kjent som Davids by.
B1930
Men David inntok allikevel Sions borg, det er Davids stad.

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  • 1 Kings 2:10

    Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.

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  • 2 Samuel 6:12

    Now 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 the City of David with rejoicing.

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  • 2 Samuel 6:16

    As 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.

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:16

    And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.

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  • 2 Chronicles 5:2

    At 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.

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  • Psalms 2:6

    “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

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  • Micah 4:2

    And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Samuel 5:9

    So 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.

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