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2 Samuel 5:8-10
GOD’S WORD Translation
2 Samuel 5:8-10
GOD’S WORD Translation
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.” [a] 9 David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built the city ⌞of Jerusalem⌟ around it from the Millo [b] to the palace. 10 David continued to grow more powerful because the Lord God [c] of Armies was with him.
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- 5:8 Or “temple.”
- 5:9 The exact place referred to as “the Millo” is unknown.
- 5:10 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek, 1 Chronicles 11:9 omit “God .”
2 Samuel 5:8-10
New International Version
2 Samuel 5:8-10
New International Version
8 On that day David had said, “Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft(A) to reach those ‘lame and blind’(B) who are David’s enemies.[a]” That is why they say, “The ‘blind and lame’ will not enter the palace.”
9 David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the terraces[b](C) inward. 10 And he became more and more powerful,(D) because the Lord God Almighty(E) was with him.(F)
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 5:8 Or are hated by David
- 2 Samuel 5:9 Or the Millo
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