2Sa 5:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 5:8

8: When the insulting message from the defenders of the city reached David, he told his own troops, "Go up through the water tunnel into the city and destroy those `lame' and `blind' Jebusites. How I hate them." That is the origin of the saying, "The blind and the lame may not enter the house."

Joshua 15:16

  1. Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher."
  2. Othniel, the son of Caleb's brother Kenaz, was the one who conquered it, so Acsah became Othniel's wife.

1 Samuel 17:25

  1. "Have you seen the giant?" the men were asking. "He comes out each day to challenge Israel. And have you heard about the huge reward the king has offered to anyone who kills him? The king will give him one of his daughters for a wife, and his whole family will be exempted from paying taxes!"

1 Chronicles 11:6

  1. David had said to his troops, "Whoever leads the attack against the Jebusites will become the commander of my armies!" And Joab, the son of David's sister Zeruiah, led the attack, so he became the commander of David's armies.
  2. David made the fortress his home, and that is why it is called the City of David.
  3. He extended the city from the Millo to the surrounding area, while Joab rebuilt the rest of Jerusalem.
  4. And David became more and more powerful, because the LORD Almighty was with him.
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