2 Samuel 5:6

New English Translation

Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites said to David, “You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, ‘David cannot invade this place!’”

Cross References

Genesis 14:18

Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)

2 Samuel 22:30

Indeed,with your help I can charge against an army; by my God’s power I can jump over a wall.

Proverbs 21:22

The wise person can scale the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold in which they trust.

Jeremiah 21:13

Listen, you who sit enthroned above the valley on a rocky plateau. I am opposed to you,’ says the Lord. ‘You boast, “No one can swoop down on us. No one can penetrate into our places of refuge.”

Jeremiah 37:10

For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down.”’”

Hebrews 7:1

Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him.

Joshua 10:3

So King Adoni-Zedek of Jerusalem sent this message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon:

Joshua 15:63

The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day.

Joshua 18:28

Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath – a total of fourteen cities and their towns. This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.

Judges 1:21

The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day.

Judges 1:8

The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire.