2 Samuel 5:6-10

6 ¹Now the king and his men went to ²Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to David, "You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away "; thinking, "David cannot enter here."

7 Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is ³the city of David.

8 David said on that day, "Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind, who are hated by David's soul, through the water tunnel." Therefore * they say, "The blind or the lame shall not come into the house."

9 So David lived in the stronghold and called it ⁴the city of David. And David built all around from the ⁵Millo and inward.

10 ⁶David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of hosts was with him.

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.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 11:4-9
• 2. Joshua 15:63; Joshua 18:28; Judges 1:21
• 3. 2 Samuel 6:12, 16; 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 9:24
• 4. 2 Samuel 5:7
• 5. 1 Kings 9:15, 24
• 6. 2 Samuel 3:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "David, saying"
• [b]. Lit "saying"
• [c]. I.e. citadel