These were the chief fathers, and heads of their families who dwelt in Jerusalem.

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Joshua 15:63 But the children of Juda could not destroy the Jebusite that dwelt in Jerusalem: and the Jebusite dwelt with the children of Juda in Jerusalem until this present day.

Joshua 18:28 And Sela, Eleph and Jebus, which is Jerusalem, Gabaath and Cariath: fourteen cities, and their villages. This is the possession of the children of Benjamin by their families.

Judges 1:21 But the sons of Benjamin did not destroy the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem: and the Jebusite hath dwelt with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this present day.

Nehemiah 11:1,7-9 And the princes of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: but the rest of the people cast lots, to take one part in ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities. . . .

35 deg.

1 Chronicles 8:20 And Elioenai, and Selethai, and Elial,

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31 deg.

47 min

47 sec. N.; and, according to the best authorities,

136 miles S.W. of Damascus,

34 miles S. of Shechem or Nablous,

45 miles E. of Jaffa,

27 miles N. of Hebron, and about

20 miles W. of Jericho. The city of Jerusalem was built on hills, and encompassed with mountains (

Psalm 125:2 In Jerusalem. Mountains are round about it: so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth now and for ever.

) in a stony and barren soil, and was about sixteen furlongs in length, say Strabo. The ancient city of Jebus, taken by David from the Jebusites, was not large, and stood on a mountain south of that on which the temple was erected. Here David built a new city, called the city of David, wherein was the royal palace. Between these two mountains lay the valley of Millo, filled up by David and Solomon; and after the reign of Manasseh, another city is mentioned, called the {second.} The Maccabees considerably enlarged Jerusalem on the north, enclosing a third hill; and Josephus mentions a fourth hill, called Bezetha, which Agrippa joined to the former: this new city lay north of the temple, along the brook Kidron. See note on

1 Chronicles 9:34 The heads of the Levites, princes in their families, abode in Jerusalem.