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2 Samuel 5:82Sam.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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

David avait dit en ce jour: Quiconque battra les Jébusiens et atteindra le canal, quiconque frappera ces boiteux et ces aveugles qui sont les ennemis de David... -C'est pourquoi l'on dit: L'aveugle et le boiteux n'entreront point dans la maison.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Origen

    Fragmenta in Librum Primum Regnorum (In Catenis de Samuelis et Regnorum)

    γαγεν, ἀμήχανον γάρ, οὐδὲ ἀναβὰς ἀλήθειαν εἴρηκεν. τίς δὲ οὗτος καὶ διὰ ποίας δυνάμεως ἀνέβη, ζήτει. II Sam. 5, 6-8. Ἐπολιόρκει τὴν Ἰεβοὺς ὀ Δαβίδ. Ἰεβοὺς δὲ ἡ νῦν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐλέγετο, ὅτε ὑπὸ ἀλλοφύλους ἦν. οἱ τοίνυν Ἰεβουοαῖοι, εἰδότες ὅτι φιλόπτωχος ἦν ό Δαβίδ, ὑπεβάλοντο ἄνωθε…

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