And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of 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.
- BSB Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited 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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Quick answer
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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Judg 1:21And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
- Josh 15:8And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
- Josh 15:63As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
- Gen 15:21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
- 1 Chr 11:5And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
- Gen 10:16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
- Exod 3:17And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Judg 19:10–12But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.
- 2 Sam 5:6–10And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
- Josh 18:28And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
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