Siege of Jebus

Coordinates: 31°47′N 35°13′E / 31.783°N 35.217°E / 31.783; 35.217
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Siege of Jebus
City of David, 2006
Datec. 1010 BC
Location31°47′N 35°13′E / 31.783°N 35.217°E / 31.783; 35.217
Result Israelite victory
Territorial
changes
Jebus (Jerusalem) is established as the capital city of Israel and Judah
Belligerents
United Kingdom of Israel
Jebusites
Commanders and leaders
David Unknown
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
No reliable estimates No reliable estimates

The siege of Jebus is described in passages of the

City of David
.

The identification of Jebus with Jerusalem has been challenged. Danish biblical scholar Niels Peter Lemche notes that every non-biblical mention of Jerusalem found in the ancient Near East refers to the city with the name of Jerusalem, offering as an example the Amarna letters, which are dated to the 14th century BCE and refer to Jerusalem as Úrusalim. 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

city of David.

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