Jebus
Americannoun
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Homer pleads for the help of Jebus in season 11's "Missionary: Impossible" while escaping from a bloodthirsty Betty White and her PBS pledge drive cronies.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2021
Of the four cities of the Hivites—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim—Gibeon, two good hours north-west of Jebus, was the most important.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
His residence was immediately transferred from Hebron to Jebus, which until then had remained in possession of the Canaanites, and first derives historical importance from him.
From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen
On the contrary, in these Jerusalem is still known only by its old name of Uru-salim; of the name Jebus there is not a hint.
From Patriarchal Palestine by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
It was not until David's time, centuries after the invasion, that Jebus, the site of Jerusalem, was captured.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
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