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2 Samuel 5:8

David

6 Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”

7 Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”

9 So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.

10 And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.

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BSB
On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
And David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites and gets up to the watercourse, and the lame and the blind hated of David's soul ! Therefore they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
BLB
and David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusite, let him go up by the water shaft (and the lame and the blind [who are] hated by the soul of David).” And upon thus they say, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.”
ÅB
Den dag sa David: Hver den som slår jebusittene og trenger fram til vannledningen og slår de lamme og blinde som hater David [han skal være høvding og fører]. Derav kommer det ord: En blind og en lam skal ikke komme inn i huset.
OTB
Og David sa den dagen, "Hvem som helst som angriper jebusittene må slå gjennom vanntunnelen for å nå de lamme og de blinde, som er foraktet av Davids sjel." Derfor sier de, "De blinde og de lamme skal ikke komme inn i huset."
B1930
Den dag sa David: Hver den som slår jebusittene og trenger frem til vannledningen og slår de lamme og blinde som hater David [han skal være høvding og fører]. Derav kommer det ord: En blind og en lam skal ikke komme inn i huset.

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  • Joshua 15:16–17

    And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”

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  • 1 Chronicles 11:6–9

    Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:25

    Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see this man who keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”

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