Verse 8
2 Samuel 5:8
New King James Version
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֗וּא כָּל מַכֵּ֤ה יְבֻסִי֙ וְ/יִגַּ֣ע בַּ/צִּנּ֔וֹר וְ/אֶת הַ/פִּסְחִים֙ וְ/אֶת הַ֣/עִוְרִ֔ים שנאו שְׂנֻאֵ֖י נֶ֣פֶשׁ דָּוִ֑ד עַל כֵּן֙ יֹֽאמְר֔וּ עִוֵּ֣ר וּ/פִסֵּ֔חַ לֹ֥א יָב֖וֹא אֶל הַ/בָּֽיִת
English Translation
And David said on that day, "Every stroke of the Jebusite and whoever touches the blind and the lame shall be hated by David." Therefore it shall be said, "The blind and the lame shall not come into the house."
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we
are thy bone...
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Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israe...
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So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in He...
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4
David
was thirty years old when he began to reign,
and
he reigned forty years.
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5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and t...
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6
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which sp...
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Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same
is
the city of David.
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8
And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the l...
9
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo...
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10
And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God (Elohim) of hosts
was
with him.
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11
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and th...
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12
And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his...
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13
And David took
him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and th...
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14
And these
be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nath...
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15
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
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16
And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
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17
But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines ca...
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18
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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19
And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them int...
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20
And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upo...
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21
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
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22
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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23
And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up;
but fetch a compass behind them,...
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And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then t...
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And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come...
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