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6 The king and his men went to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived in that region. The Jebusites told David, |You will never get in here. Even the blind and the lame could turn you away| (meaning that David could never get in there). 7 But David captured the fortress Zion (that is, the City of David). 8 That day David said, |Whoever wants to defeat the Jebusites must reach the lame and the blind who hate me by using the water shaft.| So there is a saying, |The blind and the lame will not get into the palace.| 9 David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built the city [of Jerusalem] around it from the Millo to the palace. 2 Samuel 5:6-9, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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