2 Samuel 5:8

New English Translation

David said on that day, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the ‘lame’ and the ‘blind’ who are David’s enemies by going through the water tunnel.” For this reason it is said, “The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:7

But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the city of David).

2 Samuel 5:9

So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.

1 Samuel 17:25

The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father’s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.”