2Sa 5:6 | ESV | STEP | And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, “You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off”

b Judg. 19:11; [Josh. 15:63; Judg. 1:21]

‏ 2 Samuel 5:6

6 ^aAnd the king and his men went to Jerusalem ^bagainst the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, “You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off”—thinking, “David cannot come in here.”

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