But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.
The man ... departed, and came over against Jebus, х Yªbuwc (H2982), trodden down; a threshing floor.] Lightfoot infers from this and other names that the old Canaanites, spoke Hebrew. The note, 'which is Jerusalem,' must have been inserted by Ezra or some later hand. Jebus being still, though not entirely (Judges 1:8), in the possession of the old inhabitants, the Levite resisted the advice of his attendant to enter it, and determined rather to press forward to pass the night in Gibeah, which he knew was occupied by Israelites. The distance from Beth-lehem to Jerusalem is about six miles. The event showed that it would have been better to have followed the advice of his attendant-to have trusted themselves among aliens than among their own countrymen.