2 Samuel 5:8

For David had offered that day a reward to whosoever should strike the Jebusites and get up to the gutters of the tops of the houses, and take away the blind and the lame that hated the soul of David: therefore it is said in the proverb: The blind and the lame shall not come into the temple.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

In Context

7But David took the castle of Sion, the same is the city of David.

9And David dwelt in the castle, and called it, The city of David: and built round about from Mello and inwards.

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Cross References

Joshua 15:16And Caleb said: He that shall smite Cariath-Sepher, and take it, I will give him Axa my daughter to wife.

1 Chronicles 11:6And he said: Whosoever shall first strike the Jebusites, shall be the head and chief captain. And Joab the son of Sarvia went up first, and was made the general.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:7-11

David Takes Mount Sion. ( b. c. 1047.) 6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which 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. 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. 8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he… Read the whole commentary →

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