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2 Samuel 5:6-10

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David Conquers Jerusalem

6 The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, “You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off.” They thought, “David cannot get in here.”
7 Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion—which is the City of David.
8 On that day David had said, “Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those ‘lame and blind’ who are David’s enemies.[a] ” That is why they say, “The ‘blind and lame’ will not enter the palace.”
9 David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the terraces[b] inward.
10 And he became more and more powerful, because the LORD God Almighty was with him.
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2 Samuel 5:6-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 5

In this chapter we have an account of all the tribes of Israel coming to Hebron, and anointing David king over them, 2Sa 5:1-5; of his expedition against the Jebusites in Jerusalem, and taking from them the strong hold of Zion, 2Sa 5:6-10; of his building an house for himself, and of his building up his family, by taking more wives and concubines, and having more children, whose names are given, 2Sa 5:11-16; and of an invasion of the land by the Philistines, and David's victory over them, 2Sa 5:17-25.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 11

  • 1. S Judges 1:8
  • 2. S Joshua 15:8
  • 3. Psalms 76:2
  • 4. Jeremiah 21:13
  • 5. 2 Samuel 6:12,16; 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 8:1; Isaiah 29:1; Jeremiah 25:29
  • 6. 2 Kings 20:20; 2 Chronicles 32:30
  • 7. Matthew 21:14
  • 8. ver 7; 1 Kings 9:15,24
  • 9. 2 Samuel 3:1
  • 10. Psalms 24:10
  • 11. 2 Samuel 7:9

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Or "are hated by David"
  • [b] Or "the Millo"
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