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2 Samuel 5:7 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 5 · verse 7
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.2 Samuel 5:7 · King James Version
2 Samuel 5:7 in context
5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
6And 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.
7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
8And 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.
9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- tooklâkadto catchH3920 →
- holdmâtsûwda net, or captureH4686 →
- ZionTsîyôwnTsijon , a mountain of JerusalemH6726 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
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If Salem, the place of which Melchizedec was king, was Jerusalem (as seems probable from Psa 76:2), it was famous in Abraham's time. Joshua, in his time, found it the chief city of the south part of Canaan, Jos 10:1-3. It fell to Benjamin's lot (Jos 18:28), but joined close to Judah's, Jos 15:8.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-10