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Siege of Jebus

Siege of Jebus was a siege conducted in 1010 BC at Jerusalem, in what is now Israel. It was part of Template:Campaignbox Later Israelite Campaigns. The recorded result: Israelite victory.

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Jebusite wall, City of David - The Walls of the Jebusite city, prior to David's conquest. Jerusalem (before 1000 BCE) / Vjerojatne zidine jebusejskog grada prije Davidova osvajanja. Jeruzalem (prije 1
Jebusite wall, City of David - The Walls of the Jebusite city, prior to David's conquest. Jerusalem (before 1000 BCE) / Vjerojatne zidine jebusejskog grada prije Davidova osvajanja. Jeruzalem (prije 1. Darko Tepert Donatus, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date1010 BC (year precision)
PlaceJerusalem, Israel
31.783N, 35.217E
Part ofTemplate:Campaignbox Later Israelite Campaigns
KindSiege, ancient
ResultIsraelite victory
Territorial changeJebus (Jerusalem) is established as the capital city of Israel and Judah
BelligerentsUnited Kingdom of IsraelJebusites
CommandersDavidUnknown
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Jebus is one of 1 engagements of the 11th century BC in the atlas and one of 106 in present-day Israel.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510114, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Jebus, revision 1370742109, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.