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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Gill's Exposition
And 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…
Barnes' Notes
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…
We are here told upon what terms the rest of the tribes stood with the Canaanites that remained.
I. Benjamin neglected to drive the Jebusites out of that part of the city of Jerusalem which fell to…
Cambridge Bible
The sequel of Jdg 1:1, which again should come after Jdg 1:1. Originally, therefore, this verse closed the history of Judah; that of Caleb followed.
Instead of Benjamin … BenjaminJos 15:63 has Judah…
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