1 Chronicles 11:5
Good News Translation
The Jebusites told David he would never get inside the city, but David captured their fortress of Zion, and it became known as "David's City."

New Revised Standard Version
The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You will not come in here.” Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion, now the city of David.

Contemporary English Version
The Jebusites said, "You won't be able to get in here!" But David captured the fortress of Mount Zion, which is now called the City of David.

New American Bible
The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You shall not enter here.” David nevertheless captured the fortress of Zion, which is the City of David.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David: Thou shalt not come in here. But David took the castle of Sion, which is the city of David.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David: Thou shalt not come in here. But David took the castle of Sion, which is the city of David.

Thou shalt

1 Samuel 17:9,10,26,36 If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, we will be servants to you: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, you shall be servants, and shall serve us. . . .

the castle

1 Kings 8:1 Then all the ancients of Israel, with the princes of the tribes, and the heads of the families of the children of Israel, were assembled to king Solomon, in Jerusalem: that they might carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, out of the city of David, that is, out of Sion.

2 Chronicles 5:2 And after this he gathered together the ancients of Israel and all the princes of the tribes, and the heads of the families, of the children of Israel to Jerusalem, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Sion.

Psalm 2:6 But I am appointed king by him over Sion, his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.

Psalm 9:11 Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:

Psalm 48:2,12,13 With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king. . . .

Psalm 78:68 But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved.

Psalm 87:2,5 The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob. . . .

Psalm 125:1,2 A gradual canticle. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth . . .

Psalm 132:13 For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling.

Lamentations 4:11,12 Caph. The Lord hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger: and he hath kindled a fire in Sion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. . . .

Romans 9:33 As it is written: Behold I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone and a rock of scandal. And whosoever believeth in him shall not be confounded.

Hebrews 12:22 But you are come to mount Sion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the company of many thousands of angels,

Revelation 14:1 And I beheld: and lo a Lamb stood upon mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.

the city

1 Chronicles 11:7 And David dwelt in the castle, and therefore it was called the city of David,

2 Samuel 5:9 And David dwelt in the castle, and called it, The city of David: and built round about from Mello and inwards.

2 Samuel 6:10,12 And he would not have the ark of the Lord brought in to himself into the city of David: but he caused it to be carried into the house of Obededom the Gethite. . . .

Psalm 122:5 Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.

Context
David Conquers Jerusalem
4And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land. 5And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David: Thou shalt not come in here. But David took the castle of Sion, which is the city of David.6And he said: Whosoever shall first strike the Jebusites, shall be the head and chief captain. And Joab the son of Sarvia went up first, and was made the general.…
Cross References
Judges 19:10
His son in law would not consent to his words: but forthwith went forward, and came over against Jebus, which by another name is called Jerusalem, leading with him two asses loaden, and his concubine.

1 Chronicles 11:4
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land.

1 Chronicles 11:6
And he said: Whosoever shall first strike the Jebusites, shall be the head and chief captain. And Joab the son of Sarvia went up first, and was made the general.

1 Chronicles 11:4
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