JEBUSITES
JEBUSITES
See CANAANITES.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Jebusites
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).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
JEBUSITES
The Jebusites were descended from Canaan, the grandson of Noah, and were one of the native peoples of the land of Canaan. They lived in the central highlands, where their chief centre was Jerusalem, earlier known as Jebus (Gen 10:15-16; Gen 15:18-21; Exo 3:8; Num 13:29; Jos 11:3; Jos 15:63; Jos 18:28). Jerusalems position on a well fortified hill made the city extremely difficult to conquer (see JERUSALEM). Although Jerusalem fell at first to Joshuas conquering Israelites, the Jebusites soon retook it, and they kept control of it till the time of David (Jdg 1:8; Jdg 1:21; Jdg 19:10-11).
Jerusalem was so difficult to capture that the Jebusites confidently claimed that even the blind and crippled could beat off an attack. But Davids men gained entrance through a tunnel used to carry water from a spring outside the city walls. They then launched a surprise attack and took the city (2Sa 5:6-10).
In the years that followed, the Jebusites became absorbed into the Israelite population of Jerusalem. Eventually they disappeared as a distinct race.
Fuente: Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
Jebusites
Jebusites, one of the most powerful of the nations of Canaan, who settled about Mount Moriah, where they built Jerusalem, and called it Jebus, after the name of their founder (1Ch 11:4). Although they were defeated with much slaughter, and Adonizedek, their king, slain by Joshua (Joshua 10), they were not wholly subdued, were able to retain their city till after his death (Jdg 1:8), and were not entirely dispossessed of it till the time of David (2 Samuel 5). By that time the inveteracy of the enmity between the Hebrews and such of the original inhabitants as remained in the land had much abated, and the rights of private property were respected by the conquerors. This we discover from the fact that the site on which the Temple afterwards stood belonged to a Jebusite, named Araunah, from whom it was purchased by King David, who declined to accept it as a free gift from the owner (2 Samuel 24). This is the last we hear of the Jebusites.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Jebusites
[Jeb’usites]
A race of people, descendants of Canaan, son of Ham, living in Palestine when the land was promised to Abraham. Gen 10:16; Gen 15:21. They were described by the spies as dwellers in the mountains. Num 13:29. When the kings of the land combined against Gibeon for having made alliance with Israel, the Jebusites, who were apparently living in Jerusalem, were among them. They were defeated with great slaughter, and the king of Jerusalem was slain. Jos 10:1-23. They joined in another confederacy (Jos 11:3) and were again defeated, but they were not rooted out of the land; and Israel mingled with them in marriage. Jdg 1:21; Jdg 3:5.
When David came to Jerusalem he was defied by the Jebusite inhabitants, who apparently held it by a strong fort; but ‘David took the stronghold of Zion,’ and called it the city of David. Some of the Jebusites were however in Jerusalem long after; for it was the threshing floor of Araunah, or Ornan, the Jebusite, that David bought at the time of the plague. 2Sa 5:6; 2Sa 5:8;
2Sa 24:16; 2Sa 24:18.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Jebusites
One of the tribes of Canaan
Deu 7:1
Land of, given to Abraham and his descendants
Gen 15:21; Exo 3:8; Exo 3:17; Exo 23:23-24; Deu 20:17; Exo 33:2; Exo 34:10-11
Conquered by Joshua
Joh 10; Jos 24:11
Conquered by David
2Sa 5:6-9
Jerusalem within the territory of
Jos 18:28
Not exterminated, but intermarry with the Israelites
Jdg 3:5-6; Ezr 9:1-2; Ezr 10:18-44
Pay tribute to Solomon
1Ki 9:20-21
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
JEBUSITES
Jos 11:3; Jos 15:63; Jdg 1:21; Jdg 3:5; Jdg 19:11; 2Sa 5:8