2 Samuel 5:8

Modern English Version

David said on that day, “Whoever defeats the Jebusites, let him go through the water shaft to reach the lame and the blind, who are despised by David.” Therefore, it is said, “The blind and lame shall not come into the house.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:7

Nevertheless, David overthrew the stronghold of Zion, which is now the City of David.

2 Samuel 5:9

So David occupied the stronghold, and he called it the City of David. He built on all sides from the terraces inward.

1 Samuel 17:25

The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel, and it will be that the man who kills him, the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and will make his father’s house exempt from taxes in Israel.”