2 Samuel 5:6
And the king and all the men that were with him went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites the inhabitants of the land: and they said to David: Thou shalt not come in hither unless thou take away the blind and the lame that say: David shall not come in hither.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7But David took the castle of Sion, the same is the city of David.
Cross References
Genesis 14:18But Melchisedech the king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine, for he was the priest of the most high God,
Joshua 15:63But the children of Juda could not destroy the Jebusite that dwelt in Jerusalem: and the Jebusite dwelt with the children of Juda in Jerusalem until this present day.
Judges 1:8And the children of Juda besieging Jerusalem, took it, and put it to the sword, and set the whole city on fire.
Judges 19:10His son in law would not consent to his words: but forthwith went forward and came over against Jebus, which by another name is called Jerusalem, leading with him two asses laden, and his concubine.
Jeremiah 37:10Now when the army of the Chaldeans was gone away from Jerusalem, because of Pharao's army,
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:2-6
David King over All Israel. ( b. c. 1048.) 1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord : and they anointed David… Read the whole commentary →