Judges 1:21 meaning and explanation

The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.

Judges 1:21, Berean Standard Bible

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After Joshua's death, the tribes ask who should lead the fight, and the chapter tracks each tribe's success and failure in taking its allotted land. Verse 21 singles out Benjamin: Jerusalem lay within its territory, yet the Jebusites remained there.

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