Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
2 Samuel 5:6
men. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14.
saying. What they said must be rendered thus "Thou shalt not come in hither, for the blind and the lame shall drive thee away [by saying]`David shall not come in hither.. "
men. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14.
saying. What they said must be rendered thus "Thou shalt not come in hither, for the blind and the lame shall drive thee away [by saying]`David shall not come in hither.. "
Verse 2 Samuel 5:6. _THE KING AND HIS MEN WENT TO JERUSALEM_] This city was now in the hands of the Jebusites; but how they got possession of it is not known, probably they took it during the wars be...
David immediately after being anointed king of Israel, probably wished to signalize his accession by an exploit which would be popular with all Israel, and especially with Saul’s tribe, Benjamin. He d...
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...
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...
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...
THE KING AND HIS MEN WENT TO JERUSALEM— David was of an enterprising genius, which he always employed for the honour and interest of his country. His siege of Jerusalem was founded in justice, and the...
_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...
_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...
5:6 back; (a-39) Or 'hither, unless thou drivest away the blind and lame.'...
EXCEPT THOU TAKE AWAY THE BLIND AND THE LAME] RM 'but the blind and the lame shall turn thee away.' The Jebusites considered their city so strong that it needed no other defenders....
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....
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...
WENT TO JERUSALEM. — The king of Jerusalem had been defeated and slain by Joshua (Joshua 10:23; Joshua 12:10), and the city had been subsequently taken and destroyed by Judah (Judges 1:7). It was, how...
וַ יֵּ֨לֶךְ הַ מֶּ֤לֶךְ וַֽ אֲנָשָׁיו֙ יְר֣וּ
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...
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...
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...
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 (c) blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hit...
Land. This was the only canton which the infidels still retained, as they had still possession of the citadel of Jebus, (Calmet) though the Israelites had been in the country above 400 years. (Kennico...
(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...
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...
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...
AND THE KING AND HIS MEN WENT TO JERUSALEM,.... Which, at least part of it, belonged to the tribe of Benjamin; and therefore until all Israel, and that tribe, with the rest, made him king, he did not...
_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...
_The king and his men went to Jerusalem_ His first warlike enterprise, after he was made king of all Israel, was against that part of Jerusalem which was still in the hands of the Jebusites, namely, t...
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...
JERUSALEM MADE THE CAPITAL...
And the king and his men, all the soldiers of the regular army, WENT TO JERUSALEM UNTO THE JEBUSITES, THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND, for this heathen tribe of the hill country still held the fortress of...
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...
THINKING, DAVID CANNOT: Or, saying, David shall not etc....
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...
Having the advantage of so great a confluence of his people to make him king, he thought fit to begin his reign with some eminent action, and to lead them forth in this expedition; wherein doubtless h...
2 Samuel 5:6 king H4428 men H582 went H3212 (H8799) Jerusalem H3389 Jebusites H2983 inhabitants H3427 (H8802) land...
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...
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...
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...
_Except thou take away the blind._ SECURITY NOT SAFETY A graphic picture of the haughty security of the Jebusites and of their consequent weakness is given in Stanley’s Sinai and Palestine. The late...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 7:1; Jeremiah 37:10; Joshua 10:3; Joshua 15:63;
Cannot come — They confided in the strength of their fortifications, which they thought so impregnable, that the blind and the lame were sufficient to defend them, against the most powerful assailant....