Judges 1:21
in Judges 1The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
KJV
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
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This verse in Judges 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem,.... That is, that part of it which belonged to them, for it lay between Judah and Benjamin; and neither of them separately, nor both conjunctly, could drive out the Jebusites from it, particularly the strong hold on the top of Mount Sion, which they held to the times of David.
This site's exposition
the Lord was with Judah
on Judges 1:19-21
This is the sentence the book turns on, and it holds two clauses that sit hard against each other, the Lord was with Judah, and Judah could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley. The reason given is iron chariots, the same obstacle the house of Joseph raised at Joshua 17:16 and were answered on at 17:18, and nine hundred of them stand behind Sisera at 4:3 until a river takes them at 5:21. Verse 20 puts both outcomes in one chapter, Caleb expelling the three sons of Anak in the hill country while the plain is left alone. At verse 21 the verb moves from could not to did not, and the tribe named is Benjamin, where Joshua 15:63 tells the same failure of Judah, and both accounts stand as they are written.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
This verse is nearly identical with Jos 15:63, except in the substitution of Benjamin for Judah. Probably the original reading Judah was altered in later times to Benjamin, because Jebus was within the border of Benjamin, and neither had the Benjamites expelled the Jebusites.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow of the Israelites (see on Nu 21:2). The confederate tribes, pursuing their incursions in that quarter, came successively to Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron, which they took.
The Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin - Jerusalem was situated partly in the tribe of Judah, and partly in the tribe of Benjamin, the northern part belonging to the latter tribe, the southern to the former. The Jebusites had their strongest position in the part that belonged to Benjamin, and from this place they were not wholly expelled till the days of David. See the notes on Jdg 1:8. What is said here of Benjamin is said of Judah, Jos 15:63. There must be an interchange of the names in one or other of these places. Unto this day - As the Jebusites dwelt in Jerusalem till the days of David, by whom they were driven out, and the author of the book of Judges states them to have been in possession of Jerusalem when he wrote; therefore this book was written before the reign of David.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיְבוּסִי֙ | hayvusi | the Jebusite[s] | H2983 → | 41 times |
| יֹשֵׁ֣ב | yoshev | [who] dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם | yerushalim | of Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הוֹרִ֖ישׁוּ | horishu | they dispossessed | H3423 → | 231 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בִנְיָמִ֑ן | vinyamin | Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב | vaiyeshev | and he has dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| הַיְבוּסִ֜י | hayvusi | the Jebusite[s] | H2983 → | 41 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| בְּנֵ֤י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בִנְיָמִן֙ | vinyamin | Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ ס | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַיְבוּסִי֙the Jebusite[s]
hayvusiH2983 →41 times
יֹשֵׁ֣ב[who] dwelt
yoshevH3427 →1079 times
יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֔םof Jerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
הוֹרִ֖ישׁוּthey dispossessed
horishuH3423 →231 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
בִנְיָמִ֑ןBenjamin
vinyaminH1144 →166 times
וַיֵּ֨שֶׁבand he has dwelt
vaiyeshevH3427 →1079 times
הַיְבוּסִ֜יthe Jebusite[s]
hayvusiH2983 →41 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
בְּנֵ֤י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
בִנְיָמִן֙Benjamin
vinyaminH1144 →166 times
בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םin Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הַיּ֥וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּֽה׃ ס<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 15:63But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
it leads to
- Judges 1:8
Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
- 2 Samuel 5:6–9
Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel…
- 1 Chronicles 11:4–8
Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.
- Romans 7:14–21
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
- Judges 1:8
Through
Judges 1:8Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
it leads to
- Joshua 15:63
But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
- Joshua 15:63
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.