yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}; a dual (in
allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of
the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from
(the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful;
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of
Palestine:--Jerusalem.
see Hebrew for [03390]
see Hebrew for [03384]
see Hebrew for [07999]
Now it came to pass, when Adoni–zedek [0139] king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389] had heard [08085] how [03588] Joshua [03091] had taken [03920] Ai [05857], and had utterly destroyed [02763] it; as he had done [06213] to Jericho [03405] and her king [04428], so he had done [06213] to Ai [05857] and her king [04428]; and how the inhabitants [03427] of Gibeon [01391] had made peace [07999] with Israel [03478], and were among [07130] them;
Wherefore Adoni–zedek [0139] king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389] sent [07971] unto Hoham [01944] king [04428] of Hebron [02275], and unto Piram [06502] king [04428] of Jarmuth [03412], and unto Japhia [03309] king [04428] of Lachish [03923], and unto Debir [01688] king [04428] of Eglon [05700], saying [0559],
Therefore the five [02568] kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567], the king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389], the king [04428] of Hebron [02275], the king [04428] of Jarmuth [03412], the king [04428] of Lachish [03923], the king [04428] of Eglon [05700], gathered themselves together [0622], and went up [05927], they and all their hosts [04264], and encamped [02583] before Gibeon [01391], and made war [03898] against it.
And they did [06213] so, and brought forth [03318] those five [02568] kings [04428] unto him out of the cave [04631], the king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389], the king [04428] of Hebron [02275], the king [04428] of Jarmuth [03412], the king [04428] of Lachish [03923], and the king [04428] of Eglon [05700].
The king [04428] of Jerusalem [03389], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Hebron [02275], one [0259];
And the border [01366] went up [05927] by the valley [01516] of the son [01121] of Hinnom [02011] unto the south [05045] side [03802] of the Jebusite [02983]; the same is Jerusalem [03389]: and the border [01366] went up [05927] to the top [07218] of the mountain [02022] that lieth before [06440] the valley [01516] of Hinnom [02011] westward [03220], which is at the end [07097] of the valley [06010] of the giants [07497] northward [06828]:
As for the Jebusites [02983] the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], the children [01121] of Judah [03063] could [03201] [03201] not drive them out [03423]: but the Jebusites [02983] dwell [03427] with the children [01121] of Judah [03063] at Jerusalem [03389] unto this day [03117].
And Zelah [06762], Eleph [0507], and Jebusi [02983], which is Jerusalem [03389], Gibeath [01394], and Kirjath [07157]; fourteen [06240] [0702] cities [05892] with their villages [02691]. This is the inheritance [05159] of the children [01121] of Benjamin [01144] according to their families [04940].