2 Samuel 5:6-8

Evangelical Heritage Version

The Capture of Jerusalem

⁶ The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, who were living in the land. The Jebusites said to David, “You will not get in here, because you could be kept out even by the blind and lame, who say, ‘David will not come in here.’” ⁷ Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, which became the City of David.

⁸ David said on that day, “Anyone who attacks the Jebusites must go up through the water shaft^[a] to get at those lame and blind enemies of David.” Therefore the saying came about, “The blind and the lame will not come into the house.”