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Jebusite
Sign in to savethumb|Map of Jebus based on the Biblical account: visible is the Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna), [[Kidron Valley, Ein Rogel, Araunah's threshing-floor and the Citadel of Zion. (Townsend MacCoun, 1899)]]
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9 sectionsContents
- Identification of Jebus
- Ethnic origin
- Biblical narrative
- Classical rabbinical perspectives
- Modern usage
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Sources
thumb|Map of Jebus based on the Biblical account: visible is the Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna), [[Kidron Valley, Ein Rogel, Araunah's threshing-floor and the Citadel of Zion. (Townsend MacCoun, 1899)]]
The Jebusites (; ) were, according to the Book of Joshua and Books of Samuel from the Hebrew Bible, a Canaanite tribe that inhabited Jerusalem, called Jebus () before the conquest initiated by Joshua (, ) and completed by David (). According to some biblical chronologies, it was conquered in 1003 BC.