^{7 Ref} Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

^{8 Ref} And David said on that day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and `smite' the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul. Wherefore they say, There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house.

^{9 Ref} And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.