¹⁰ However, the man was not willing to spend that night; so he rose and departed, and came opposite ^(A)Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). With him were the two saddled donkeys; his concubine was also with him.

⁶³ As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ^(A)the children of Judah could not drive them out; ^(B)but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

⁸ And the border went up ^(A)by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the ^(B)Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley ^(C)of ^[a]Rephaim northward.

The City of David^(A)

⁴ And David and all Israel ^(B)went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, ^(C)where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. ⁵ But the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You shall not come in here!” Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of David).

The Conquest of Jerusalem^(A)

^6 (B)And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against ^(C)the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you,” thinking, “David cannot come in here.”

⁸ Now ^(A)the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it; they struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

²⁸ Zelah, Eleph, ^(A)Jebus (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath: fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.