2 Samuel 5:8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

He said that day, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must go through the water shaft to reach the lame and the blind who are despised by David.” For this reason it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the house.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:7

Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.

2 Samuel 5:9

David took up residence in the stronghold, which he named the city of David. He built it up all the way around from the supporting terraces inward.

1 Samuel 17:25

Previously, an Israelite man had declared: “Do you see this man who keeps coming out? He comes to defy Israel. The king will make the man who kills him very rich and will give him his daughter. The king will also make the household of that man’s father exempt from paying taxes in Israel.”