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.
The people of Benjamin did not force out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. So the Jebusites continued to live alongside the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem even up to the time this was written.
This verse explains that the tribe of Benjamin failed to completely remove the Jebusites from Jerusalem, so both groups ended up living together in the same city.
📚 Historical Context
This verse describes the period after Israel entered the Promised Land when each tribe was supposed to drive out the pagan inhabitants from their assigned territories. The Jebusites were one of the Canaanite peoples who had lived in Jerusalem before the Israelites arrived. Benjamin's failure to completely conquer Jerusalem would later become significant, as Jerusalem eventually became Israel's capital city under King David.
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