NET Bible
"But David captured the fortress of Zion(that is, the City of David)."
— 2 Samuel 5:7, NET Bible
“Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.”
“Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David. ”
“Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.”
“But David took the castle of Sion, the same is the city of David.”
“But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.”
“Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.”
David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years.
In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
David Occupies Jerusalem Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites said to David,“You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying,‘David cannot invade this place!’”
But David captured the fortress of Zion(that is, the City of David).
David said on that day,“Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the‘lame’ and the‘blind’ who are David’s enemies by going through the water tunnel.” For this reason it is said,“The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace.”
So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.
David’s power grew steadily, for the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies was with him.