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Joshua 15:63 KJV
Joshua · chapter 15 · verse 63
As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.Joshua 15:63 · King James Version
Joshua 15:63 in context
61In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.
63As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inhabitantsyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- JebusitesYᵉbûwçîya Jebusite or inhabitant of JebusH2983 →
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
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We have here a list of the several cities that fell within the lot of the tribe of Judah, which are mentioned by name, that they might know their own, and both keep it and keep to it, and might neither through cowardice nor sloth lose the possession of what was their own. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-63