(A)Now the king and his men went to (B)Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to [a]David, “You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away”; [b]thinking, “David cannot enter here.” Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is (C)the city of David.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 5:6 Lit David, saying
  2. 2 Samuel 5:6 Lit saying

“How (A)boastful you are about the valleys!
Your valley is flowing away,
O (B)backsliding daughter
Who trusts in her (C)treasures, saying,
(D)Who will come against me?’

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12 The kings of the earth did not believe,
Nor did any of (A)the inhabitants of the world,
That the adversary and the enemy
Could (B)enter the gates of Jerusalem.

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“The (A)arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
You who live in the clefts of [a]the (B)rock,
In the loftiness of your dwelling place,
Who say in your heart,
(C)Who will bring me down to earth?’

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or Sela

“Though you (A)build high like the eagle,
Though you set your nest among the (B)stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.

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