2 Samuel 5:8 Cross References - NSB

⁸ That day David said: »Whoever wants to defeat the Jebusites must reach the lame and the blind that hate me by using the water tunnel.« So there is a saying: »The blind and the lame will not get into the palace.«

¹⁶ Caleb said: »I will give Achsah my daughter in marriage to the man who captures it and kills Kirjath-sepher.« ¹⁷ Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

²⁵ They said to each other: »Look how he keeps coming out to insult us. The king offers a big reward to the man who kills Goliath. That man will even get to marry the king’s daughter. No one in his family will ever have to pay taxes again.«

⁶ David said: Whoever attacks the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and became chief. ⁷ Then David dwelt in the stronghold. That is why they called it the City of David. ⁸ He built the city around it, from the stronghold on the mound to the surrounding area. Joab repaired the rest of the city. ⁹ David went on and became great, and Jehovah of Hosts was with him.