6 Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites , the inhabitants of the land , and they said to David , "You shall not come in here , but the blind and lame will turn you away "; thinking , "David cannot enter here ." 7 Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion , that is the city of David . 8 David said on that day , "Whoever would strike the Jebusites , let him reach the lame and the blind , who are hated by David's soul , through the water tunnel ." Therefore e they say , "The blind or the lame shall not come into the house ." 9 So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David . And David built all around from the Millo and inward .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:6-9
Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:6-10
(Read 2 Samuel 5:6-10)
The enemies of God's people are often very confident of their own strength, and most secure when their day to fall draws nigh. But the pride and insolence of the Jebusites animated David, and the Lord God of hosts was with him. Thus in the day of God's power, Satan's strong-hold, the human heart, is changed into a habitation of God through the Spirit, and into a throne on which the Son of David rules, and brings every thought into obedience to himself. May He thus come, and claim, and cleanse, each of our hearts; and, destroying every idol, may he reign there for ever!