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2 Samuel 5:5-7
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 Samuel 5:5-7
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
5 At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
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6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jeb′usites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, “You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame[a] will ward you off”—thinking, “David cannot come in here.” 7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.
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- 5.6 the blind and the lame: The meaning is, that the place was so strong that it could be defended even by the blind and the lame. But David took it by a stratagem, his men climbing secretly up a shaft from the spring Gihon. The place was ideal for a capital city.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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