2Sa 5:7-9, Neh 3:15 | ESV | STEP | Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion , that is, the city of David .

a ch. 6:12, 16

b[See ver. 7 above]

c 1 Kgs. 9:15, 24; 11:27; 2 Kgs. 12:20; 2 Chr. 32:5

d ch. 2:14

e[See ver. 13 above]

f[Luke 13:4; John 9:7, 11]

g 2 Kgs. 25:4

h ch. 12:37

2 Samuel 5:7-9

7 Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, ^athat is, the city of David. 8 And David said on that day, “Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him get up the water shaft to attack ‘the lame and the blind,’ who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore it is said, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.” 9 And David lived in the stronghold and called it ^bthe city of David. And David built the city all around from the ^cMillo inward.

Nehemiah 3:15

15 And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired ^dthe Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and ^eset its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of ^fthe Pool of Shelah of ^gthe king’s garden, as far as ^hthe stairs that go down from the city of David.