2 Samuel 5:8

וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כָּל ־ מַכֵּה יְבֻסִי וְיִגַּע בַּצִּנּוֹר וְאֶת ־ הַפִּסְחִים וְאֶת ־ הַעִוְרִים שנאו נֶפֶשׁ דָּוִד עַל ־ כֵּן יֹֽאמְרוּ עִוֵּר וּפִסֵּחַ לֹא יָבוֹא אֶל ־ הַבָּֽיִת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

7וַיִּלְכֹּד דָּוִד אֵת מְצֻדַת צִיּוֹן הִיא עִיר דָּוִֽד ׃

9וַיֵּשֶׁב דָּוִד בַּמְּצֻדָה וַיִּקְרָא ־ לָהּ עִיר דָּוִד וַיִּבֶן דָּוִד סָבִיב מִן ־ הַמִּלּוֹא וָבָֽיְתָה ׃

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Cross References

Joshua 15:16וַיֹּאמֶר כָּלֵב אֲשֶׁר ־ יַכֶּה אֶת ־ קִרְיַת ־ סֵפֶר וּלְכָדָהּ וְנָתַתִּי לוֹ אֶת ־ עַכְסָה בִתִּי לְאִשָּֽׁה ׃

1 Chronicles 11:6וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִיד כָּל ־ מַכֵּה יְבוּסִי בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה יִהְיֶה לְרֹאשׁ וּלְשָׂר וַיַּעַל בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה יוֹאָב בֶּן ־ צְרוּיָה וַיְהִי לְרֹֽאשׁ ׃

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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