2 Samuel 5:8 And David said on that day, Whoever gets up to the gutter, and smites the Jebusites… The whole incident recalled a kindred adventure in Scottish history; when during the wars of the Douglas, Dumbarton Rock — 550 feet in height, crowned with its fortress and castle, had its precipices of ballast sealed by a few daring men, with the aid of ladders and grappling irons and misty midnight. An ash tree growing in a crevice near the top served as an equivalent for what, in the water-course of Jebus, helped materially to crown the feat with success. (J. R. Macduff, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. |
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