Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 5:8

Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 5:8 - 5:8

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Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 5:8 - 5:8

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5:1 - 5:1
5:2 - 5:2
5:3 - 5:3
5:6 - 5:6
5:7 - 5:7
5:8 - 5:8
5:9 - 5:9
5:10 - 5:10
5:11 - 5:11
5:13 - 5:13
5:16 - 5:16
5:17 - 5:17
5:18 - 5:18
5:19 - 5:19
5:20 - 5:20
5:25 - 5:25

to the gutter = by (or through) the zinnor, a rock-cut passage from the lower Gihon or En-Rogel (now the Virgin's Fount on east of Ophel), leading up into the city and supplying water. Discovered by Sir Charles Warren. Compare note on Neh_2:13, &c.

soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

he shall be chief and captain. These words are supplied from 1Ch_11:6, which tells that Joab got up the zinnor first. Probably revealed to him (or to David) by Araunah, who (though a Jebusite) was not slain, but is found, later on, owning property quite near (2Sa_24:16). Josephus says Araunah was a friend of David's.

Wherefore = Because.