Bible Strands
Jebusites
the name means a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus Strong's Lexicon
The Jebusites were a Canaanite tribe that inhabited Jerusalem before King David conquered the city.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
The name of the original inhabitants of Jebus, mentioned frequently among the seven nations doomed to destruction (Gen. 10:16; 15:21; Ex. 3:8, 17; 13:5, etc.). At the time of the arrival of the Israelites in Palestine they were ruled by Adonizedek (Josh. 10:1, 23). They were defeated by Joshua, and their king was slain; but they were not entirely driven out of Jebus till the time of David, who made it the capital of his kingdom instead of Hebron. The site on which the temple was afterwards built belonged to Araunah, a Jebusite, from whom it was purchased by David, who refused to accept it as a free gift (2 Sam. 24:16-25; 1 Chr. 21:24, 25).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
Family
Parents
Canaan
Siblings
Amorites, Arkites, Arvadites, Girgashites, Hamathites, Heth, Hivites, Sidon, Sinites, Zemarites
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
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