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text: Metzudat David on II Samuel
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  Metzudat David on II Samuel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  How do you know- Maybe from assumption, maybe from a rumor.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  unless you remove – This was said as an exaggeration. Meaning that one cannot enter the citadel unless they remove every single person, even the blind and the lame, because if even one person is left they will be able to hold off invaders because of the size and strength of the place.
  
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  the stronghold of Zion – This is the name of a strong fortress next to Jebus.
  
  
  
  
  
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  "And she despised him in her heart"- She dspised him in her heard because she thought that this was not conduct for the king, especially before the ark.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  "A tower." [David] wanted to say: And thusly, I will praise You, for I will recount, saying, "Know that the Lord is a tower [of salvations], etc.." [He] wanted to say: "[God] performs great salvations for [God]'s king, and not for the sake of the payment of a reward but out of lovingkindness.