28 Zela, Haeleph, Jebus[a] (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath[b]—fourteen cities, with their settlements.

This was the inheritance for Benjamin’s descendants by their clans.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:28 Lit Jebusite
  2. 18:28 LXX, Syr read Kiriath-jearim

David’s Capture of Jerusalem

David(A) and all Israel marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus); the Jebusites who inhabited the land were there.(B) The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.

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