Place
Jebus
ancient name for Jerusalem
The ancient Jebusite city that became Jerusalem after David captured it and made it his royal capital.
Who or what is this?
Jebus is the pre-Israelite name of the city held by the , identified with throughout the biblical text. 15:8 and 18:28 refer to 'Jebus, which is Jerusalem' in descriptions of tribal boundaries, indicating the Jebusites retained the city through the entire period of the judges. In Judges 19:10–11 a 's servant proposes stopping at Jebus on a journey but is refused because it is 'a city of strangers that are not of the children of Israel.' The city's capture is narrated in 2 5:6–9 and 1 Chronicles 11:4–7, where takes the stronghold from the Jebusites — called Zion — and makes it the City of David.
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Modern location: Jerusalem. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.
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