(A)Now the king and his men went to (B)Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; and they said to [a]David, “You shall not come in here, but even those who are blind and those who limp will turn you away,” [b]thinking, “David cannot enter here.” Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is, (C)the city of David.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 5:6 Lit David, saying
  2. 2 Samuel 5:6 Lit saying

How you (A)boast about the valleys!
Your valley is flowing away,
You (B)backsliding daughter
Who trusts in her (C)treasures, saying,
(D)Who can come against me?’

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12 The kings of the earth did not believe,
Nor did any of (A)the inhabitants of the world,
That the adversary and the enemy
Would (B)enter the gates of Jerusalem.

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The (A)arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
The one who lives in the clefts of [a]the (B)rock,
On the height of his dwelling place,
Who says in his heart,
(C)Who will bring me down to earth?’
Though you (D)make your home high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the (E)stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or Sela

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