Sunday School Times 2 Samuel 5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spoke to David, saying… A graphic picture of the haughty security of the Jebusites and of their consequent weakness is given in Stanley's Sinai and Palestine. The late Dean wrote: "When David appeared under the walls of Jebus the 'old inhabitants of the land,' the last remnant of their race that clung to that mountain home, exulting in the strength of these ancient 'everlasting gates" looked proudly down on the army below and said, 'Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in thither; thinking David cannot come in thither.' The blind and the lame they thought were sufficient to defend what nature had so strongly defended. It was the often-repeated story of the capture of fortresses through what seemed their strongest and therefore became their weakest point. 'Precipitous, and therefore neglected.' Such was the fate of Sardis, and of Rome, and such was the fate of Jebus. (Sunday School Times.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither. |
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