# 2 Samuel 5:6

> Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”

— 2 Samuel 5:6, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## When

- c. 1010-1003 BC (counted from the text)
- Date source: 2 Samuel 5:4-5 gives the length of the reign, not the year. The absolute years come from the chronology of the kings, anchored in 1 Kings 6:1.

## Who ruled

- **David**, king of Israel, 1010-970 BC · Source: 2 Samuel 5:4-5, which gives the length of the reign; the Tel Dan stele, which mentions the "house of David" (the oldest record of the name outside the Bible)

## See also

- Judges 1:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/1/8
- Joshua 15:63 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/15/63
- Joshua 18:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/18/28
- Judges 1:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/1/21
- 1 Chronicles 11:4-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/11/4
- Jeremiah 37:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/37/10

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/5/6
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/5
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).