2 Samuel 5:6

Good News Translation

The time came when King David and his men set out to attack Jerusalem. The Jebusites, who lived there, thought that David would not be able to conquer the city, and so they said to him, “You will never get in here; even the blind and the crippled could keep you out.” (

Cross References

Genesis 14:18

And Melchizedek, who was king of Salem and also a priest of the Most High God, brought bread and wine to Abram,

2 Samuel 22:30

You give me strength to attack my enemies and power to overcome their defenses.

Proverbs 21:22

A shrewd general can take a city defended by strong men, and destroy the walls they relied on.

Jeremiah 21:13

You, Jerusalem, are sitting high above the valleys, like a rock rising above the plain. But I will fight against you. You say that no one can attack you or break through your defenses.

Jeremiah 37:10

Even if you defeat the whole Babylonian army, so that only wounded men are left, lying in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city to the ground.”

Hebrews 7:1

This Melchizedek was king of Salem and a priest of the Most High God. As Abraham was coming back from the battle in which he defeated the four kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him,

Joshua 10:3

So Adonizedek sent the following message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and to King Debir of Eglon:

Joshua 15:63

But the people of Judah were not able to drive out the Jebusites, who lived in Jerusalem. The Jebusites still live there with the people of Judah.

Joshua 18:28

Zela, Haeleph, Jebus (or Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath Jearim: fourteen cities, along with the towns around them. This is the land which the families of the tribe of Benjamin received as their possession.

Judges 1:21

But the people of the tribe of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, and the Jebusites have continued to live there with the people of Benjamin ever since.

Judges 1:8

The people of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They killed its people and set fire to the city.