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Later, the king and his army marched on Jerusalem against the Jebusites, who were inhabiting the territory at that time[a] and who had told David, “You’re not coming in here! Even the blind and the lame could turn you away!” because they were thinking[b] “David can’t come here.” Even so, David captured the stronghold of Zion, which is now known as[c] the City of David.

At that time,[d] David had said, “Whoever intends to attack the Jebusites will have to climb up the water shaft to attack the lame and blind, who hate David.”[e]

Therefore they say, “The blind and lame are never to come into the house.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 5:6 The Heb. lacks at that time
  2. 2 Samuel 5:6 Lit. saying
  3. 2 Samuel 5:7 The Heb. lacks now known as
  4. 2 Samuel 5:8 Lit. day
  5. 2 Samuel 5:8 Or whom David hates; LXX reads blind, and those who hate David