KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 Samuel 5:7–8
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2 Samuel 5:7
7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
7Neuerthelesse, Dauid tooke the strong hold of Zion: the same is the citie of Dauid.
2 Samuel 5:8
8And 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.
8And Dauid said on that day, Whosoeuer getteth vp to the gutter, and smiteth the Iebusites, and the lame, and the blind, that are hated of Dauids soule, *he shall be chiefe and captaine: ‖Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
- Or, because they had said euen the blind & the lame, He shal not come into the house.
- 1.Chron. 11.6.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 5:7
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
Nevertheless
Not the less; even so; despite the preceding circumstance or objection.
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Having strength, power, firmness, endurance, influence, or the ability to resist and prevail.
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To grasp, keep, possess, restrain, maintain, regard, or account, according to context.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 5:8
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
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Whoever; any person who, without restriction in the stated class.
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A channel for water; a hollow piece of timber, or a pipe, for catching and conveying off the water which drops from the eaves of a building.
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To strike, beat, afflict, wound, or slay.
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Unable to see; lacking understanding; as a verb, to deprive of sight or discernment.
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Greatly disliked.
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Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Why; for what reason.
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A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study10So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
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Open the full verse study12¶ And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.
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Open the full verse study16And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
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Open the full verse study7And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
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Open the full verse study1AND Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
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Open the full verse study1THEN Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
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Open the full verse study16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
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Open the full verse study2¶ Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
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Open the full verse study9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
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Open the full verse study10So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
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Open the full verse study22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
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Open the full verse study6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
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Open the full verse study20¶ And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.
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Open the full verse study2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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Open the full verse study13For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
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Open the full verse study6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
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Open the full verse study12Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
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Open the full verse study18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
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Open the full verse study2The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
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Open the full verse study11Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
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Open the full verse study1AND I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
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Open the full verse study33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
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Open the full verse study6And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
7And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
8And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
9So David waxed greater and greater: for the Lord of hosts was with him.
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Open the full verse study16¶ And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
17And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
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Open the full verse study25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
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