2 Samuel 5
GW
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

God’s Word Translation

2 Samuel 5:8-9

8That day David said, “Whoever wants to defeat the Jebusites must reach the lame and the blind who hate me by using the water shaft.” So there is a saying, “The blind and the lame will not get into the palace.”

9David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built the city ⌞of Jerusalem⌟ around it from the Millo  to the palace.

Read all of 2 Samuel 5

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 5

God’s Word Translation — © 1995 God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society