jebusites Summary and Overview

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 Israel 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).

(descendants of Jebus), The, were descended from the third son of Canaan. #Ge 10:16; 1Ch 1:14| The actual people first appear in the invaluable report of the spies. #Nu 13:29| When Jabin organized his rising against Joshua, the Jebusites joined him. #Jos 11:3| "Jebus, which is Jerusalem," lost its king in the slaughter of Beth-horon, #Jos 10:1,5,26| comp. Josh 12:10 was sacked and burned by the men of Judah, #Jud 1:21| and its citadel finally scaled and occupied by David. #2Sa 5:6| After this they emerge from the darkness but once, in the person of Araunah the Jebusite, "Araunah the king," who appears before us in true kingly dignity in his well-known transaction with David. #2Sa 24:23; 1Ch 21:24,25|

JEB'USITES , the name of a tribe inhabiting the portion of Canaan about Jebus or Jerusalem in the time of Joshua, and which the Israelites were commanded to destroy. Deut 7:1; Deut 20:17. They joined Jabin against Joshua. Their king, Adoni-zedek, was slain and they defeated. Josh 11:3; Josh 10:15, 1 Kgs 10:26; later their city was burnt, but reoccupied by the Jebusites. Jud 1:21 and Josh 15:63; Josh 19:10-22. David conquered their stronghold, and it became a part of his capital, Jerusalem. 2 Sam 5:6, 2 Sam 5:8; 1 Chr 11:4-6. Solomon made the Jebusites pay tribute, 1 Kgs 9:20, and some were known after the captivity. Ezr 9:1. David bought the place of Araunah the Jebusite for an altar, and this afterward became the site of the temple. 2 Sam 24:16-25.