KJV King James Version
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which [is] Jebus; where the Jebusites [were], the inhabitants of the land.
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1 Chronicles 11:4
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which [is] Jebus; where the Jebusites [were], the inhabitants of the land.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.
WEB World English Bible
David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
ASV American Standard Version
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David goeth, and all Israel, to Jerusalem—it is Jebus—and there the Jebusite, the inhabitants of the land.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 11
1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.
2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou [wast] he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which [is] Jebus; where the Jebusites [were], the inhabitants of the land.
5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which [is] the city of David.
6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
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וַיֵּ֨לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentדָּוִ֧ידH1732 · da.vidDavidוְכָל־H3605 · kolallיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemהִ֣יאH1931 · huhe/she/itיְב֑וּסH2982 · ye.vusJebusוְשָׁם֙H8033 · shamthereהַיְבוּסִ֔יH2983 · ye.vu.siJebusiteיֹשְׁבֵ֖יH3427 · ya.shavto dwellהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Judges 1:21And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.Joshua 15:8And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same [is] Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that [lieth] before the valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] at the end of the valley of the giants northward:Joshua 15:63As 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.1 Chronicles 11:5And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which [is] the city of David.Genesis 15:21And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.Exodus 3:17And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.2 Samuel 5:6-10And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.Judges 19:10-12But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which [is] Jerusalem; and [there were] with him two asses saddled, his concubine also [was] with him.Joshua 18:28And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which [is] Jerusalem, Gibeath, [and] Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This [is] the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.Genesis 10:16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
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