Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
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Gill's Exposition
Nevertheless, David took the strong hold of Zion,.... A fortress without the city, and separate from it, and which was very strong; and the taking it might facilitate the taking of the city, which yet…
Barnes' Notes
The stronghold of Zion - Or castle 1Ch 11:5, 1Ch 11:7. The ancient Zion was the hill on which the temple stood, and the castle seems to have been immediately to the north of the temple. The modern…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Nevertheless Heb. simply, And.
the strong hold of Zion See Additional Note VI. p. 239.
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