Joshua 15:63

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Joshua 15:61–63 · Berean Standard Bible

61 These were in the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,

62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages.

63 But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.

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Judges 1:8

Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.

Judges 1:21

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

2 Samuel 5:6

Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”

2 Samuel 5:7

Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

2 Samuel 5:8

On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”

2 Samuel 5:9

So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.

1 Chronicles 11:4

Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.

1 Chronicles 11:5

The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

1 Chronicles 11:6

Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.

1 Chronicles 11:7

So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.

1 Chronicles 11:8

He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.

Romans 7:14

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

Romans 7:15

I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.

Romans 7:16

And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.

Romans 7:17

In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

Romans 7:18

I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

Romans 7:19

For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.

Romans 7:20

And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

Romans 7:21

So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.