2 Samuel 5:7 KJV — MannaFest

2 Samuel 5:7

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

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2 Samuel — David's reign in three movements — rise, fall, consequences — with the Davidic covenant (ch. 7) as the vertical spine down the centre. A covenant held through both rise and fall; a throne established for ever.

Author: Traditional: compilation by Nathan and Gad from Samuel's earlier records (1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1010–970 BC; compilation during Solomon's early reign

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1 Kings 2:10
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
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.
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.
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.
1 Chronicles 11:7
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.

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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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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