Revised Version 1885

2 Samuel 5:8-11 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

8. And David said on that day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and smite the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul. Wherefore they say, There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house.

9. And David dwelt in the strong hold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.

10. And David waxed greater and greater; for the Lord, the God of hosts, was with him.

11. And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.