Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.
Parallel translations
- WEB David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (also called Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
- KJV And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
- NKJV And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
- NASB Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
- NLT Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (or Jebus, as it used to be called), where the Jebusites, the original inhabitants of the land, were living.
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David and all Israel marched on Jerusalem, then a Jebusite city called Jebus. This opens the account of capturing the city that would become Israel's capital.
Overview
Jerusalem sat on the border of the tribes and had remained in Canaanite (Jebusite) hands since Joshua's day. By taking it as a neutral, central site, David could unite the tribes around a capital belonging to no single one. Jerusalem becomes the city of God, the place of the temple and ultimately the setting of Christ's death and resurrection, and a picture of the heavenly Jerusalem to come.
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- Judg 1:21The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
- Josh 15:8From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
- Josh 15:63But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
- Gen 15:21Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
- 1 Chr 11:5The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
- Gen 10:16the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
- Exod 3:17And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
- Judg 19:10–12But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
- 2 Sam 5:6–10Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
- Josh 18:28Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
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