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2 Samuel 5:8

On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”

Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

WHEN
c. 1010-1003 BC
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WHEN

c. 1010-1003 BC

counted from the text

David takes Jerusalem and makes it the capital.

WHO RULED

  • David king of Israel 1010-970 BC
SOURCES
  • date — 2 Samuel 5:4-5 gives the length of the reign, not the year. The absolute years come from the chronology of the kings, anchored in 1 Kings 6:1.
  • David — 2 Samuel 5:4-5, which gives the length of the reign; the Tel Dan stele, which mentions the "house of David" (the oldest record of the name outside the Bible)

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