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i. e. “Whosoever will smite the Jebusites, let him reach both the
lame and the blind, who are the hated of David’s soul, by the gutter
or water-course, and he shall be chief.” The only access to the
c...
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2. DAVID'S CONQUEST OF ZION AND VICTORY OVER THE PHILISTINES
CHAPTER 5:6-25
_ 1. David's conquest of Zion (2 Samuel 5:6)_
2. Hiram King of Tyre (2 Samuel 5:11)
3. David's additional concubines and...
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DAVID BECOMES KING OF UNITED ISRAEL AND JUDAH. HE CAPTURES JERUSALEM
(J). (_Cf._ p. 282.) Two notes have been added to this section (2
Samuel 5:4 f. and 2 Samuel 5:13), of the same character as 2 Samu...
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TO THE GUTTER. by (or through) the _zinnor,_. rock-cut passage from
the lower Gihon or En-Rogel (now the Virgin's Fount on east of Ophel),
leading up into the _city_ and supplying water. Discovered by...
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The Capture of Jebus
= 1 Chronicles 11:4-9
6. _to Jerusalem_, &c. The Chronicler paraphrases the text thus, "to
Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants
of the land." Wri...
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_Whosoever_, &c. An obscure and probably corrupt passage. The E. V.,
which transposes the first two clauses and introduces an apodosis from
Chronicles, cannot be defended. The most probable explanatio...
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WHOSOEVER, &C.— Dr. Kennicott observes, that the Hebrew word
צנור _zinnor, gutter,_ occurs but once more in the Bible, and does
not seem commonly understood in this place. The English version calls
it...
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_David in Jerusalem._ 2 Samuel 5:6-16
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...
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_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 SA...
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DAVID IS ANOINTED KING, CAPTURES JERUSALEM, AND SMITES THE PHILISTINES
1. There was no longer any member of the house of Saul who could take
the lead....
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LXX reads 'Whosoever smites the Jebusite, let him slay with the sword
both the lame and the blind, and those who hate David's soul.' 1
Chronicles 11:6 reads, 'Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first sha...
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 5
This chapter records three very important things that David did:
(1) He united the nation of *Israel.
(2) He made the city of Je...
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GETTETH UP TO THE GUTTER. — The sense of this passage is obscure,
partly from the difficulty of the Hebrew construction, partly from the
uncertainty of the meaning of the word translated _gutter._ Thi...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ...
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CHAPTER VI.
_ DAVID KING OF ALL ISRAEL._
2 Samuel 5:1.
AFTER seven and a half years of opposition, * David was now left
without a rival, and the representatives of the whole tribes came to
Hebron to...
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DAVID KING IN JERUSALEM
2 Samuel 5:1
David was anointed thrice: by Samuel in his home, by the men of Judah,
and here. So our Lord has been crowned in the Father's purpose and by
his Church. There awa...
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At this point the second section in the first movement of the Book
commences. David had won the heart of all Israel by his consistent
justice and magnanimity toward those who stood in the way of his
c...
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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...
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Gutters. Hebrew Tsinnor, "through (Nodius) the subterraneous passage,"
(leading to the tops of the houses.) (Hugo of Vienna) --- Thus Babylon
was taken by Cyrus, who passed through the channel of the...
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(6) В¶ 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...
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We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first
desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that,
although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
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David, the king of Judah in Hebron for seven years and a half, becomes
the king of all Israel upon Ishbosheth's death And now David is no
longer the man of faith who, himself the head of the armies of...
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AND DAVID SAID ON THAT DAY,.... On which he took the strong hold of
Zion:
WHOSOEVER GETTETH UP TO THE GUTTER; where it is generally supposed the
blind and lame were, whether images or real men: but w...
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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...
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_David said on that day_ When the assault was made; _Whosoever getteth
up into the gutter_ That is, whosoever scaleth the fort, or getteth up
to the top of it, where the gutter was. Or, as some unders...
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1 The tribes come to Hebron to annoint Dauid ouer Israel.
4 Dauids age.
6 Hee taking Zion from the Iebusites dwelleth in it.
11 Hiram sendeth to Dauid.
13 Eleuen sonnes are borne to him in Ierusal...
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And David said on that day, while preparing to storm the fortress,
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...
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JERUSALEM MADE THE CAPITAL...
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Yet the sovereign wisdom of God has been over all these matters, and
David's way becomes clear without his fighting for it. God's time had
now come for the voluntary submission of the other tribes to...
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WHEREFORE THEY SAID, THE BLIND AND THE LAME SHALL NOT COME INTO THE
HOUSE:
Or, because he had said even the blind and the lame, He shall not come
into the house...
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6-10 The enemies of God's people are often very confident of their
own strength, and most secure when their day to fall draws nigh. But
the pride and insolence of the Jebusites animated David, and th...
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WHOSOEVER GETTETH UP TO THE GUTTER, i.e. whosoever scaleth the fort,
or getteth up to the top of it, where the gutter was. AND THE LAME AND
THE BLIND, or _even_, or _especially_ (for the Hebrew partic...
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2 Samuel 5:8 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) day H3117 up H5060 (H8799)
shaft H6794 defeats H5221 ...
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DAVID CAPTURES THE JEBUSITE FORTRESS AT JERUSALEM IN ORDER TO DELIVER
IT FROM THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND AND SO THAT HE CAN MAKE IT HIS
CAPITAL CITY AND STRONGHOLD (2 SAMUEL 5:6).
Note how it is stre...
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CONTENTS: David becomes king over Israel. War with Philistines.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Hiram.
CONCLUSION: Those who have the Lord of Hosts for them need have no
fear what hosts of men or demons can...
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2 Samuel 5:2. _Thou shalt feed my people._ Probably the highpriest, or
a prophet, delivered a short coronation charge, as Samuel had already
done. This divine promise is made the final reason why they...
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_Whosoever getteth up to the gutter._
THE ASSAULT UPON ZION
“Some far-seeing Hittite or Amorite had designed from the inside of
the city that a subterraneous passage should be cut through the rock
to...
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_Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake
saying, Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh._
DAVID KING OVER ALL ISRAEL
It was probably very soon after the death of Ishbosheth...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 5:6 The account of David’s kingship over
all of Israel starts with his capture of the Jebusite city of
JERUSALEM, on the boundary between Judah and Benjamin. Jerusalem had
no...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 5:8 WATER SHAFT. See note on vv. 6–13.
⇐...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
2 Samuel 5:6. “WENT TO JERUSALEM.” “That this took place
immediately after the anointing of David as king of Israel is apparent
not only from the fact that the account f...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 5:1
THEN CAME ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. As Ishbosheth reigned only two
years, and David's reign at Hebron lasted for seven years and a half,
there is an interval of more than five...
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Then all of the tribes came to David there in Hebron, and they said,
Behold, we're of your bone, we're of your flesh. In times past, when
Saul was king, you were the one that led us out to victories o...
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1 Chronicles 11:6; 1 Samuel 17:25; Joshua 15:16; Joshua 15:17...
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To the gutter — That is, whosoever scaleth the fort, or getteth up
to the top of it, where the gutter was. That are hated — The
Jebusites, and the lame, and the blind, Who had probably themselves
insu...