Judges 1:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem. Judah had expelled the people from their part of Jerusalem (Judges 1:8). The border of the two tribes ran through the city. Israelites and natives must have been closely intermingled.

Judges 1:21

21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.