King James Version
2 Samuel 5:7 in the King James Version says “Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.”
2 Samuel 5:7 · KJV
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.
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. thinking: or, saying David shall not, etc
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
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. Wherefore: or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame, He shall not come into the house
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“took”
H3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“the same is the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
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