2 Samuel 5:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

For David had proposed, on that day, a reward to him who had struck the Jebusites and who had reached to the gutters of the rooftops, and who had taken away the blind and the lame that hated the soul of David. Therefore, it is said in the proverb, "The blind and the lame shall not enter into the temple."

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:7

But David seized the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

2 Samuel 5:9

Then David lived in the stronghold, and he called it: the City of David. And he built it up on all sides, from Millo and inward.

1 Samuel 17:25

And someone of Israel said: "Have you seen this man, who has risen up. For he ascended in order to reproach Israel. Therefore, the man who will strike him down, the king will enrich with great wealth, and will give to him his daughter, and will cause his father's house to be free of tribute in Israel."