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Joshua 15:63

JudahJerusalem

61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.

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.
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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah couldn’t drive them out; but the Jebusites live with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
ASV
And 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.
DARBY
But as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not dispossess them; and the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
BLB
And as for the Jebusite, those dwelling in Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not drive them out, and the Jebusite dwell with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
ÅB
Men jebusittene, som bodde i Jerusalem, kunne Judas barn ikke drive bort; og jebusittene ble boende sammen med Judas barn i Jerusalem og der bor de den dag idag.
OTB
Judas etterkommere kunne ikke drive ut jebusittene som bodde i Jerusalem; så jebusittene bor der med Judas etterkommere til denne dag.
B1930
Men jebusittene, som bodde i Jerusalem, kunde Judas barn ikke drive bort; og jebusittene blev boende sammen med Judas barn i Jerusalem og der bor de den dag idag.

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  • Judges 1:21

    And 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.

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  • Judges 1:8

    Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

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  • 2 Samuel 5:6–9

    And 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.

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  • 1 Chronicles 11:4–8

    And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

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