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Judges 1:21 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Judges 1:21 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Judges chapter 1 verse 21 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
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Commentary on Judges 1:21
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.Benjamin's failure contrasts sharply with Judah's earlier temporary conquest (v. 8). Jerusalem sat on the border between Judah and Benjamin (Joshua 15:8, 18:16, 28), creating shared responsibility that neither tribe fulfilled. The Jebusites' continued occupation "unto this day" (ad-hayyom hazzeh, עַד־הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה) indicates the author wrote before David's conquest (2 Samuel 5:6-9). This phrase appears throughout Scripture indi...
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Cross-References for Judges 1:21
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“the inhabitants of Jerusalem”
“the inhabitants of the land”
“and took it”
“but he rose up and departed”
“And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.”