Jebusite

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Jebusites (Hebrew: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, Modern Yevusi Tiberian Y¿¿ûsî) were a Canaanite tribe who inhabited and built Jerusalem prior to its conquest by King David; the Books of Kings state that Jerusalem was known as Jebus prior to this event. According to some Biblical chronologies, the city was reconquered by King David in 1003 BC, or according to other sources 869 BC.The Tanakh portion of the Bible contains the only surviving ancient text known to use the term Jebusite to describe the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem; according to the Table of Nations at Genesis 10, the Jebusites are identified as a Canaanite tribe, which is listed in third place among the Canaanite groups, between the Biblical Hittites and the Amorites. Prior to modern archaeological studies, most Biblical scholars held the opinion that the Jebusites were identical to the Hittites, which continues to be the case, though less so.