2 Samuel 5:8

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For David had offered that day a reward to whosoever should strike the Jebusites and get up to the gutters of the tops of the houses, and take 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 come into the temple.

Cross References

1 Samuel 17:25

And some one of Israel said: Have you seen this man that is come up, for he is come up to defy Israel? And the man that shall slay him, the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father's house free from tribute in Israel.

2 Samuel 5:7

But David took the castle of Sion. The same is the city of David.

2 Samuel 5:9

And David dwelt in the castle, and called it, The city of David: and built round about from Mello and inwards.