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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 and three years over all Israel and Judah.

6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which 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 strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and 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

    So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

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  • 2 Samuel 6:12

    And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.

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  • 2 Samuel 6:16

    And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through 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 they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

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  • 2 Chronicles 5:2

    Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

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  • Psalms 2:6

    Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

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  • Micah 4:2

    And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, 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 the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Samuel 5:9

    So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

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