2 Samuel 5:6 meaning and explanation
Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
2 Samuel 5:6, Berean Standard Bible
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After years of ruling only Judah from Hebron, David now moves to make Jerusalem his capital. The Jebusites held the city and taunted him from its walls, claiming that even the blind and the lame, perhaps meaning their own defenders or the city's steep defenses, could turn him back.
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