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2 Samuel 5:6

5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
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. thinking: or, saying David shall not, etc

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The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “The blind and the lame will keep you out of here”; thinking, “David can’t come in here.”

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.

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spoke to David, saying, Except you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here: thinking, David cannot come in here.

5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

What does 2 Samuel 5:6 mean?

2 Samuel 5:6 is a verse in the book of 2 Samuel, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מֶלֶךְ (melek), אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh), יָלַךְ (yâlak). It connects to 4 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
the
kingמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king
and
his
menאֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwsh/en-oshe'/H582a man in general (singly or collectively)
wentיָלַךְyâlak/yaw-lak'/H3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
to
Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaim/yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im/H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
unto
the
Jebusites,יְבוּסִיYᵉbûwçîy/yeb-oo-see'/H2983a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus
the
inhabitantsיָשַׁבyâshab/yaw-shab'/H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
of
the
land:אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
which
spakeאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
unto
David,דָּוִדDâvid/daw-veed'/H1732David, the youngest son of Jesse
saying,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
Except
thou
take
awayסוּרçûwr/soor/H5493to turn off (literal or figurative)
the
blindעִוֵּרʻivvêr/iv-vare'/H5787blind (literally or figuratively)
and
the
lame,פִּסֵּחַpiççêach/pis-say'-akh/H6455lame
thou
shalt
not
come
inבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
hither:
thinking,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
DavidדָּוִדDâvid/daw-veed'/H1732David, the youngest son of Jesse
cannot
come
inבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
hither.
thinking:
or,
saying
David
shall
not,
etc

Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:6

HENRY_FULL · 2 Samuel 5:6
oduction" How Saul, who was forsaken of God, when he was in a strait was more and more perplexed and embarrassed with his own counsels, we read in the foregoing chapter. In this chapter we find how David, who kept close to God, when he was in a strait was extricated and brought off by the providence of God, without any contrivance of his own. We have him, I. Marching with the Philistines, ver. 1, 2 . II. Excepted against by the lords of the Philistines, ver. 3-5 . III. Happily dismissed by Achish from that service which did so ill become him, and which yet he knew not how to decline, ver. 6-11 . David with the Philistines. (

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Joshua 13:3

From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

2 Samuel 5:7

Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

2 Samuel 5:8

And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. Wherefore: or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame, He shall not come into the house

2 Samuel 6:4

And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. accompanying: Heb. with

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Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:22

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth

Genesis 1:29

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. bearing: Heb. seeding seed yielding: Heb. seeding seed

Genesis 11:31

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

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What does 2 Samuel 5:6 say?

2 Samuel 5:6 (King James Version) reads: "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. thinking: or, saying David shall not, etc"

Is 2 Samuel 5:6 in the Old or New Testament?

2 Samuel 5:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 2 Samuel.

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