2 Samuel 5:6-10

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.

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. 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

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