2 Samuel 5:7 - Catholic Public Domain Version But David seized the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the City of David. American Standard Version (1901) Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David. Common English Bible But David did capture the fortress of Zion—which became David’s City. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But David took the castle of Sion. The same is the city of David. English Standard Version 2016 Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David. |
For David had proposed, on that day, a reward to him who had struck the Jebusites and who had reached to the gutters of the rooftops, and who had taken away the blind and the lame that hated the soul of David. Therefore, it is said in the proverb, "The blind and the lame shall not enter into the temple."
Then David lived in the stronghold, and he called it: the City of David. And he built it up on all sides, from Millo and inward.
And he was not willing to send the ark of the Lord to himself in the city of David. Instead, he sent it into the house of Obededom, the Gittite.
And it was reported to king David that the Lord had blessed Obededom, and all that was his, because of the ark of God. Therefore, David went and brought the ark of God, from the house of Obededom, into the city of David with joy. And there were with David seven choirs, and calves for victims.
And when the ark of the Lord had entered into the city of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord. And she despised him in her heart.
And so, David slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David.
And so the kingdom was confirmed in the hand of Solomon, and he was joined with Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, by affinity. For he took his daughter, and he led her into the city of David, until he completed building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.
Then all those greater by birth of Israel, with the leaders of the tribes and the rulers of the families of the sons of Israel, gathered together before king Solomon at Jerusalem, so that they might carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, from the city of David, that is, from Zion.
And the daughter of Pharaoh went up from the city of David to her house, which Solomon had built for her. Then he built up Millo.
Then David lived in the stronghold, and for this reason it was called the City of David.
And they buried him in the City of David, with the kings, because he had done good to Israel and to his house.
After this, he gathered together those greater by birth of Israel, and all the leaders of the tribes, and the heads of the families, from the sons of Israel, to Jerusalem, so that they might bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David, which is Zion.
And Shallum, the son of Colhozeh, the leader of the district of Mizpah, built the gate of the fountain. He built it, and he covered it, and he set up its double doors and locks and bars, and the walls of the pool of Shelah at the garden of the king, and as far as the steps that descend from the City of David.
Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.
And their sepulchers will be their houses forever, their tabernacles from generation to generation. They have called their names in their own lands.
whoever is earth-born, you sons of men, together as one, the rich and the poor.
O Lord, God of my salvation: I have cried out, day and night, in your presence.
And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.
Exult and give praise, O habitation of Zion! For the Great One, the Holy One of Israel, is in your midst!"
And the Redeemer will arrive in Zion, and to those who return from the iniquity within Jacob, says the Lord.
Behold, I am against you, O inhabitants of a valley with firm and level ground, says the Lord. And you say: 'Who can strike us? And who can enter into our houses?'
And many nations will hurry, and will say: "Come, let us ascend to the mountain of the Lord and to the house of the God of Jacob. And he will teach us about his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
just as it was written: "Behold, I am placing a stumbling block in Zion, and a rock of scandal. But whoever believes in him shall not be confounded."
But you have drawn near to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the company of many thousands of Angels,
And I saw, and behold, the Lamb was standing above mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.