Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
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Gill's Exposition
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many,.... Not Jerusalem in general, but that part of it which was called the stronghold of Zion, and in particular had the name of…
Barnes' Notes
Ye have seen also the breaches - You who are inhabitants of the city. That such breaches were actually made, see 2Ch 32:5. Of the city of David - Of Jerusalem, so called because it was the royal…
What is meant by the covering of Judah, which in the beginning of this paragraph is said to be discovered, is not agreed. The fenced cities of Judah were a covering to the country; but these, being…
Cambridge Bible
The first half reads Ye saw (i.e. examined) the breaches of the city of David (the citadel of Zion, 2Sa 5:7; 2Sa 5:9) for they were many. Jerusalem was evidently quite unfit to stand a siege. The…
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