⁶³ And as for the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, the children of Judah were unable to make them go out; but the Jebusites are living with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, to this day.

²¹ And the children of Judah did not make the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem go out; the Jebusites are still living with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem.

⁸ Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.

⁶ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the people of the land: and they said to David, You will not come in here, but the blind and the feeble-footed will keep you out; for they said, David will not be able to come in here.

⁷ But David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

⁸ And that day David said, Whoever makes an attack on the Jebusites, let him go up by the water-pipe, and put to death all the blind and feeble-footed who are hated by David. And this is why they say, The blind and feeble-footed may not come into the house.

⁹ So David took the strong tower for his living-place, naming it the town of David. And David took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo.

⁴ Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (which is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the people of the land, were there.

⁵ And the people of Jebus said to David, You will not come in here. But still, David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

⁶ And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.

⁷ And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

⁸ And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order.

¹⁴ For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.

¹⁵ And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.

¹⁶ But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.

¹⁷ So it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.

¹⁸ For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.

¹⁹ For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.

²⁰ But if I do what I have no mind to do, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.

²¹ So I see a law that, though I have a mind to do good, evil is present in me.