2 Samuel 5:6-16
1599 Geneva Bible
6 ¶ The King also and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: who spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the [a]blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking that David could not come thither:
7 But David took the fort of Zion: this is the city of David.
8 Now David had said the same day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, and getteth up to the gutters and smiteth the lame and blind, which David’s soul hateth, I will prefer him: (A)therefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not [b]come into that house.
9 So David dwelt in that fort, and called it the city of David, and David built round about it, from [c]Millo, and inward.
10 And David prospered and grew: for the Lord God of hosts was with him.
11 ¶ Hiram also king of [d]Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walls: and they built David an house.
12 Then David knew that the Lord had established him King over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
13 And David took him more (B)concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.
14 (C)And these be the names of the sons, that were born unto him in Jerusalem, Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
15 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2 Samuel 5:6 The children of God called idols blind and lame guides: therefore the Jebusites meant that they should prove that their gods were neither blind nor lame.
- 2 Samuel 5:8 The idols should enter no more into that place.
- 2 Samuel 5:9 He built from the town house round about to his own house, 1 Chron. 11:8.
- 2 Samuel 5:11 Hebrew, Zor.
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