2 Samuel 5:8
“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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And David said on that day,.... On which he took the strong hold of Zion:
whosoever getteth up to the gutter; where it…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
i. e. “Whosoever will smite the Jebusites, let him reach both the lame and the blind, who are the hated of David’s soul,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Samuel 5:6-10
If Salem, the place of which Melchizedec was king, was Jerusalem (as seems probable from Psa 76:2), it was famous in…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Whosoever, &c. An obscure and probably corrupt passage. The E. V., which transposes the first two clauses and introduces…