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2Sa 5:8 — And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, [that are] hated of David's soul, [he shall be chief and captain]. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Whosoever		Jos 15:16,17; 1Sa 17:25
he shall be		1Ch 11:6-9
Wherefore, etc.		or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame, he shall not come into the house.

Correlating Passages

Whosoever

	Jos 15:16	And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
	Jos 15:17	And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
	1Sa 17:25	And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, [that] the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

he shall be

	1Ch 11:6	And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
	1Ch 11:7	And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
	1Ch 11:8	And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
	1Ch 11:9	So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts [was] with him.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 5:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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