Bible Location
Meaning: treading under foot; manger · 5 cross references · Modern-day map available
Jebus was the older Canaanite name for the stronghold that became Jerusalem, especially the city on Zion taken by David. It is important because it preserves the pre-Davidic identity of Jerusalem and highlights the significance of David's capture of the city. First appears in Josh 18:28.1
AI summary: Jebus matters because it marks the moment before Jerusalem becomes the city of David. In Judges and Joshua it is still a Canaanite stronghold, difficult and unconquered, while Chronicles remembers the dramatic transfer when David takes it and makes it his capital. That shift from Jebus to Jerusalem is one of the great transformations in biblical geography. The cross references present Jebus as the older fortress-city whose capture opened the way for royal Jerusalem.1
Trodden hard, or fastness, or “the waterless hill”, the name of the Canaanitish city which stood on Mount Zion (Josh. 15:8; 18:16, 28). It is identified with Jerusalem (q.v.) in Judg. 19:10, and with the castle or city of David (1 Chr. 11:4, 5). It was a place of great natural strength, and its capture was one of David’s most brilliant achievements (2 Sam. 5:8). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.