Sinai2 Samuel 5:8
World English Bible
David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him go up to the watercourse and strike those lame and blind, who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame can’t come into the house.”
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2 Samuel 5:8 in other translations
And David said on that day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and smite the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul. Wherefore they say, There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house.
2 Samuel 5:8 in context
- 6The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “The blind and the lame will keep you out of here;” thinking, “David can’t come in here.”
- 7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city.
- 8David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him go up to the watercourse and strike those lame and blind, who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame can’t come into the house.”
- 9David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.
- 10David grew greater and greater; for Yahweh, the God of Armies, was with him.