2 Samuel 5:8-10

Expanded Bible

⁸ That day David said to his men, “To ·defeat [^Lstrike] the Jebusites you must go through the water tunnel. ·Then you can reach [or David hates] those ·‘crippled’ [lame] and ‘blind’ enemies. This is why people say, ‘The blind and the ·crippled [lame] may not enter the ·palace [^Lhouse; or Temple].’”

⁹ So David lived in the ·strong, walled city [stronghold; fortress] and called it the City of David. David built more buildings around it, ·beginning where the land was filled in. He also built more buildings inside the city [^L…from the Millo/terraces inward; ^CMillo may refer to earth-filled terraces that allowed the expansion of the city]. ¹⁰ He became ·stronger and stronger [more and more powerful/great], because the Lord God ·All-Powerful [of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] was with him.