six davidkas were manufactured in all, and two were given to each of the palmach's three brigades ("harel", "yiftach", and "hanegev"). one was used by the "yiftach" brigade in the battle for safed, and now stands in a square in safed. another stands in jerusalem's davidka square, memorializing the "harel" brigade's participation in the battle for jerusalem. the hebrew inscription on the monument ("וגנותי על-העיר הזאת, להושיעה") is from 2 kings 19:34, meaning "for i will defend this city, to save it" (where god miraculously saves jerusalem in honor of king david, the namesake of the weapon).