Jebusite
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The remains of a Jebusite wall and tower they found are believed to be the mysterious "Millo" mentioned in II Samuel, V, 9, "And David built round about from Millo and inward."
From Time Magazine Archive
Jebusite, jeb′ū-zīt, n. one of a Canaanitish race who long defied the Israelites from their stronghold on Mount Zion.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
So also when David, would buy a field of Ornon the Jebusite: Thus he said unto him: Grant me the place the threshing-floor, that I may build an Altar there unto the Lord.
From Life and Death of Mr. Badman by John Bunyan
He fell in love with the Jebusite woman Sonmanites.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Paul Radin
But when I became mighty my heart was lifted up, and I committed foolishness; for I saw the daughter of a certain Jebusite, and loved her exceedingly, and asked for her in marriage.
From Old Testament Legends being stories out of some of the less-known apochryphal books of the old testament by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
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