Siege of Jebus

Part of Later Israelite Campaigns

Date	1000 BCE
Location	Jerusalem, Israel
Result	Israelite victory

Belligerents

Israelites

Jebusites

Commanders and leaders

David

Strength

unknown

Casualties and losses

no reliable estimates

Later Israelite Campaigns

Mount Tabor Spring of Harod Valley of Elah Michmash Mount Gilboa Jebus

Campaigns of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah

Battle of Michmash Siege of Jebus Sack of Jerusalem (10th century BC) Battle of Qarqar Siege of Azekah Siege of Lachish Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem Sennacherib's campaign in Judah Battle of Megiddo (609 BC) Jewish–Babylonian war Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC) Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)

The Siege of Jebus is a siege described in biblical passages as having occurred when Israelites under King David of Israel besieged the Jebusite city of Jerusalem, then known as Jebus. The Israelites gained access by a surprise assault, making Jebus the capital of a united kingdom of Israel.

The identification of Jebus with Jerusalem has been challenged. Niels Peter Lemche notes that every non-biblical mention of Jerusalem found in the ancient Near East refers to the city with the name Jerusalem, offering as an example the Amarna letters which are dated to the 14th century BCE and call Jerusalem Urasalimmu. He states that "There is no evidence of Jebus and the Jebusites outside of the Old Testament. Some scholars reckon Jebus to be a different place from Jerusalem; other scholars prefer to see the name of Jebus as a kind of pseudo-ethnic name without any historical background."^[1]

Biblical Description

The capture of Jebus is mentioned in 2 Samuel 5 and 1 Chronicles 11 with similar wordings:

And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is, Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You will not come in here.” Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.
— 1 Chronicles 11:4-5

References

↑ Lemche, Nies Peter (2010). The A to Z of Ancient Israel. Scarecrow Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0810875654.

Old Testament

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