0 Did the Israelites take Jerusalem from the Jebusites?

Did the Israelites take Jerusalem from the Jebusites?


Yes

Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. Judges 1:8

No

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. Judges 1:21

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