2 Samuel 5:8

New International Version

On that day David had said, “Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those ‘lame and blind’ who are David’s enemies.” That is why they say, “The ‘blind and lame’ will not enter the palace.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:7

Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion—which is the City of David.

2 Samuel 5:9

David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the terraces inward.

1 Samuel 17:25

Now the Israelites had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his family from taxes in Israel.”