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Jebusite
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thumb|Map of Jebus based on the Biblical account: visible is the Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna), [[Kidron Valley, Ein Rogel, Araunah's threshing-floor and the Citadel of Zion. (Townsend MacCoun, 1899)]]

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  • Identification of Jebus
  • Ethnic origin
  • Biblical narrative
  • Classical rabbinical perspectives
  • Modern usage
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thumb|Map of Jebus based on the Biblical account: visible is the Valley of Hinnom (Gehenna), [[Kidron Valley, Ein Rogel, Araunah's threshing-floor and the Citadel of Zion. (Townsend MacCoun, 1899)]]

The Jebusites (; ) were, according to the Book of Joshua and Books of Samuel from the Hebrew Bible, a Canaanite tribe that inhabited Jerusalem, called Jebus () before the conquest initiated by Joshua (, ) and completed by David (). According to some biblical chronologies, it was conquered in 1003 BC.

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