2 Samuel 5:8

Tree of Life Version

On that day David said, “Whoever would conquer the Jebusites must strike through the water shaft to those ‘lame and blind’ whom David’s soul despises.” That is why they used to say, “The blind or lame couldn’t get into the house.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:7

Nevertheless, David did capture the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David).

2 Samuel 5:9

So David ­occupied the stronghold and renamed it the City of David. Then David fortified it all round from the Millo inward.

1 Samuel 17:25

All the men of Israel were saying, “Have you seen this man who keeps coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel! The man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, give him his daughter in marriage and make his father’s house tax-free in Israel!”