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
To that cause they gave themselves—not sparingly or grudgingly, but like Araunah the Jebusite to David the son of Jesse, "as a king gives unto a king."
From The High Heart by King, Basil
Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
From Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View by Elliott, Calvin
Behold, I drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
From The World English Bible (WEB): Exodus by Anonymous
And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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