2 Samuel 5 6-2 Samuel 5 9
David then led his men to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebusites, the original inhabitants of the land who were living there. The Jebusites taunted David, saying,“ You’ll never get in here! Even the blind and lame could keep you out!” For the Jebusites thought they were safe.But David captured the fortress of Zion, which is now called the City of David.On the day of the attack, David said to his troops,“ I hate those‘ lame’ and‘ blind’ Jebusites. Whoever attacks them should strike by going into the city through the water tunnel.” That is the origin of the saying,“ The blind and the lame may not enter the house.”So David made the fortress his home, and he called it the City of David. He extended the city, starting at the supporting terraces and working inward.
Joshua 18:11-28
The first allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. It lay between the territory assigned to the tribes of Judah and Joseph.The northern boundary of Benjamin’s land began at the Jordan River, went north of the slope of Jericho, then west through the hill country and the wilderness of Beth aven.From there the boundary went south to Luz( that is, Bethel) and proceeded down to Ataroth addar on the hill that lies south of Lower Beth horon.The boundary then made a turn and swung south along the western edge of the hill facing Beth horon, ending at the village of Kiriath baal( that is, Kiriath jearim), a town belonging to the tribe of Judah. This was the western boundary.The southern boundary began at the outskirts of Kiriath jearim. From that western point it ran to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah,and down to the base of the mountain beside the valley of Ben Hinnom, at the northern end of the valley of Rephaim. From there it went down the valley of Hinnom, crossing south of the slope where the Jebusites lived, and continued down to En rogel.From En rogel the boundary proceeded in a northerly direction and came to En shemesh and on to Geliloth( which is across from the slopes of Adummim). Then it went down to the Stone of Bohan.( Bohan was Reuben’s son.)From there it passed along the north side of the slope overlooking the Jordan Valley. The border then went down into the valley,ran past the north slope of Beth hoglah, and ended at the north bay of the Dead Sea, which is the southern end of the Jordan River. This was the southern boundary.The eastern boundary was the Jordan River. These were the boundaries of the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.These were the towns given to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Jericho, Beth hoglah, Emek keziz,Beth arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,Kephar ammoni, Ophni, and Geba— twelve towns with their surrounding villages.Also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah,Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,Zela, Haeleph, the Jebusite town( that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath jearim— fourteen towns with their surrounding villages. This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.