2 Samuel 5:8

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites, let him get up through the water shaft and smite the lame and the blind who are detested by David's soul. So they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:7

Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the City of David.

2 Samuel 5:9

So David dwelt in the stronghold and called it the City of David. And he built round about from the Millo and inward.

1 Samuel 17:25

And the Israelites said, Have you seen this man who has come out? Surely he has come out to defy Israel; and the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free [from taxes and service] in Israel.