⁸ From there the border ascended Ben Hinnom Valley to the southern Jebusite slope (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces Hinnom Valley on the west, at the northern end of Rephaim Valley.

⁶³ But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem.^(A) So the Jebusites still live in Jerusalem among the descendants of Judah today.^(B)

Benjamin’s Failure

²¹ At the same time the Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites have lived among the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to this day.^(A)