2 Sam 5:6

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Jerusalem.

Gen 14:18; Josh 10:3; Judg 1:8; Heb 7:1

the Jebusites.

Josh 15:63; Josh 18:28; Judg 1:8; Judg 1:21; Judg 19:10-12

which spake, etc.

Dr. Kennicott's amended translation is as follows: "Who spake unto David, saying, Thou shalt not come in hither; for the blind and the lame shall drive thee away, by saying, David shall not come in hither." 2Sam 5:8. "And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, and through the subterraneous passage reacheth the lame and the blind, who hate the life of David, (because the blind and the lame said, he shall not come into the house,) shall be chief and captain. So Joab, the son of Zeriah, went up first, and was chief."

Except.

Jer 37:10

thinking, David cannot. or, saying, David shall not, etc.