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1 Chronicles 11:4
Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes David and the Israelite leadership immediately after his anointing at Hebron, recording their movement toward Jerusalem.
The words — The verb וַ/יֵּ֨לֶךְ (va/i.Ye.lekh) literally means "and he went," and יְב֑וּס (ye.Vus) identifies the city's prior name.
The thread — The Jebusites' presence in Jerusalem appears in Judges 1:21 and Joshua 15:63, while Joshua 15:8 places the location within a territorial border.
Why it lands — The text notes the military advance and the existing inhabitants before recording the city's capture, requiring the reader to track the shift from occupation to conquest.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
Cross-references
- Judges 1:21 The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
- Joshua 15:8 From there the border went up the Valley of Ben-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.
- Joshua 15:63 But 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.
- Genesis 15:21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
- 1 Chronicles 11:5 The 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).
- Genesis 10:16 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
- Exodus 3:17 And 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.’
- Joshua 18:28 Zelah, 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.
- Judges 19:10 But 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 Samuel 5:6 Now 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.”