1 Chronicles 11:4-5

David Conquers Jerusalem

11:4 David and the whole Israelite army advanced to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). (The Jebusites, the land’s original inhabitants, lived there.) 11:5 The residents of Jebus said to David, “You cannot invade this place!” But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).


tn Heb “all Israel.”

sn Jebus was an older name for the city of Jerusalem (cf. Josh 15:8; Judg 1:21).

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tn Heb “and there [were] the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land.”