2 Samuel 5:6

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
king	הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
men	וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙ va.'a.na.Shav	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
went	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
Jerusalem	יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם ye.Ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
Jebusites	הַיְבֻסִ֖י hay.vu.Si	H2983	a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
inhabitants	יוֹשֵׁ֣ב yo.Shev	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular construct
land	הָאָ֑רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
spake	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
David	לְדָוִ֤ד le.da.Vid	H1732	David · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
saying	לֵאמֹר֙ le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
away	הֱסִֽירְךָ֗ he.si.re.Kha	H5493	to turn off (literal or figurative) · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
blind	הַעִוְרִ֤ים ha.'iv.Rim	H5787	blind (literally or figuratively) · definite article + adjective, masculine plural absolute
lame	וְהַפִּסְחִים֙ ve.ha.pis.Chim	H6455	lame · conjunction + definite article + adjective, masculine plural absolute
in	תָב֣וֹא ta.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
thinking	לֵאמֹ֔ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
David	דָוִ֖ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
in	יָב֥וֹא ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Judges 1:8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fir…
Joshua 15:63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children…
Joshua 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the…
Judges 1:21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin…
1 Chronicles 11:4-9 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
Jeremiah 37:10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should…
Judges 19:10-12 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with hi…
Hebrews 7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:6-10

If Salem, the place of which Melchizedec was king, was Jerusalem (as seems probable from Psa 76:2), it was famous in Abraham's time. Joshua, in his time, found it the chief city of the south part of Canaan, Jos 10:1-3. It fell to Benjamin's lot (Jos 18:28), but joined close to Judah's, Jos 15:8. The children of Judah had taken it (Jdg 1:8), but the children of Benjamin suffered the Jebusites to dwell among them (Jdg 1:21), and they grew so upon them that it became a city of Jebusites, Jdg 19:11. Now the very first exploit David did, after he was anointed king over all Israel, was to gain Jerusalem out of the hand of the Jebusites, which, because it belonged to Benjamin, he could not well att…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 5:6

HE TAKES ZION FROM THE JEBUSITES. (Sa2 5:6-12) the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites--The first expedition of David, as king of the whole country, was directed against this place, which had hitherto remained in the hands of the natives. It was strongly fortified and deemed so impregnable that the blind and lame were sent to man the battlements, in derisive mockery of the Hebrew king's attack, and to shout, "David cannot come in hither." To understand the full meaning and force of this insulting taunt, it is necessary to bear in mind the depth and steepness of the valley of Gihon, and the lofty walls of the ancient Canaanitish fortress.

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 5:6

The king and his men went to Jerusalem - This city was now in the hands of the Jebusites; but how they got possession of it is not known, probably they took it during the wars between Ish-bosheth and David. After Joshua's death, what is called the lower city was taken by the Israelites; and it is evident that the whole city was in their possession in the time of Saul, for David brought the head of Goliath thither, Sa1 17:54. It appears to have been a very strong fortress, and, from what follows, deemed impregnable by the Jebusites. It was right that the Israelites should repossess it; and David very properly began his reign over the whole country by the siege of this city. Except thou take a…

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The Church Fathers

David was besieging Jebus. Jebus was the name of what is now Jerusalem, when it was under the foreigners. So the Jebusites, knowing that David was a lover of the poor, set the blind and the lame up above upon the wall to insult him. But he, when he had taken possession of Jerusalem, was so far from treating badly those who were maimed in body that he even established a law of death for his own soldiers, if anyone should attempt to kill a blind or a lame man. For "everyone who strikes a lame or blind Jebusite," he says, "let him assail him with a dagger" — that is, let him be put to death. For even though they had hated David's life, yet they meet with mercy. Therefore he is deemed worthy of honor from all — those who had insulted David, whom he spared, being the ones of whom it is said, "The lame and the blind shall not enter into the house of the Lord."
— Origen of Alexandria, FRAGMENTS ON KINGDOMS 15

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Dictionary and topics

Canaanites — The descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham. Migrating from their original home, they seem to have reached the Persian Gulf, and to have there sojourned for some time. They thence “spread to the west,…
Fenced cities — There were in Palestine (1) cities, (2) unwalled villages, and (3) villages with castles or towers (1 Chr. 27:25). Cities, so called, had walls, and were thus fenced. The fortifications consisted of…
Jebusites — The name of the original inhabitants of Jebus, mentioned frequently among the seven nations doomed to destruction (Gen. 10:16; 15:21; Ex. 3:8, 17; 13:5, etc.). At the time of the arrival of the…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Joab — Jehovah is his father. (1.) One of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and “captain of the host” during the whole of David’s reign (2 Sam. 2:13; 10:7; 11:1; 1 Kings 11:15). His father’s name…
Jebusites · Conquered by David — Conquered by David
Jerusalem · The Jebusites: Finally dispossessed of, by David — The Jebusites: Finally dispossessed of, by David
Siege · .By David — .By David
Zion · General references — General references

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 5:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:6-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 5:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 5:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 5:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:6-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 5:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 5:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Samuel 5:6

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 5:6-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 5:6-10

Rashi on 2 Samuel 5:6