1 Chronicles 11:4
2 Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.
Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.
5 The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
6 Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.
- KJV
- And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
- WEB
- David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (also called Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
- ASV
- And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
- DARBY
- And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
- BLB
- And David went, and all Israel, to Jerusalem, that [is], Jebus, and there [were] the Jebusite, those dwelling in the land.
- ÅB
- Så dro David og hele Israel til Jerusalem, det er Jebus; der bodde jebusittene, landets [opprinnelige] innbyggere.
- OTB
- Så dro David og hele Israel til Jerusalem (det vil si Jebus); og jebusittene var landets innbyggere.
- B1930
- Så drog David og hele Israel til Jerusalem, det er Jebus; der bodde jebusittene, landets [oprinnelige] innbyggere.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 1:21
The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
Read in contextJoshua 15:63
But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
Read in contextJoshua 15:8
From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
Read in context1 Chronicles 11:5
The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
Read in contextGenesis 15:21
Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
Read in contextExodus 3:17
And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
Read in contextJudges 19:10–12
But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
Read in context2 Samuel 5:6–10
Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
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