Sinai2 Samuel 5:8
American Standard Version
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.
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2 Samuel 5:8 in other translations
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.”
2 Samuel 5:8 in context
- 6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither; thinking, David cannot come in hither.
- 7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
- 8And 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.
- 9And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
- 10And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah, the God of hosts, was with him.