Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion, х mªtsudat (H4686) Tsiyown (H6726)] - the citadel of the dry or sunny mount. It was the southwesternmost of the hills. Fergusson ('Topography of Ancient Jerusalem,' pp. 55-58) and, Thrupp ('Ancient Jerusalem,' pp. 12-30) placed "the strong hold of Zion" on the hill north of the temple mount. But their theories, are strenuously opposed by Porter ('Handbook,' p. 93) and Drew ('Scripture Lands,' p. 157). Although it had long defied the Israelites, it was in a short time reduced by the valiant army of David, and on that commanding site he established the glory of his future metropolis.