Dict: smith - JEBUSITES

smith:

JEBUSITES - J>@ - (descendants of Jebus), The, were descended from the third son of Canaan. kjv@Genesis:10:16; kjv@1Chronicles:1:14) The actual people first appear in the invaluable report of the spies. kjv@Numbers:13:29) When Jabin organized his rising against Joshua, the Jebusites joined him. kjv@Joshua:11:3) "Jebus, which is Jerusalem," lost its king in the slaughter of Beth-horon, kjv@Joshua:10:1 kjv@Joshua:10:5,26) comp. kjv@Joshua:12:10 Was sacked and burned by the men of Judah, kjv@Judges:1:21) and its citadel finally scaled and occupied by David. (2 Samuel kjv@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. (2 Samuel 24:23; kjv@1Chronicles:21:24-25)